Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

They will lie down together upon the dust, and the worm shall cover over them.

New American Standard Bible

“Together they lie down in the dust,
And worms cover them.

King James Version

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

Holman Bible

But they both lie in the dust,
and worms cover them.

International Standard Version

They both lie down in the dust; and worms cover them."

A Conservative Version

They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covers them.

American Standard Version

They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.

Amplified


“Together they lie down in the dust,
And the worms cover them.

Bible in Basic English

Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm.

Darby Translation

Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.

King James 2000

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They lie down together in [the] dust, and maggots cover them.

Modern King James verseion

They lie down together in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Now sleep they both alike in the earth, and the worms cover them.

NET Bible

Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover over them both.

New Heart English Bible

They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.

The Emphasized Bible

Together, in the dust, they lie down, and, the worm, spreadeth a covering over them.

Webster

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

World English Bible

They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.

Youngs Literal Translation

Together -- on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁכב 
Shakab 
Usage: 210

יחד 
Yachad 
Usage: 141

in the dust
עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

and the worms
רמּה 
Rimmah 
Usage: 7

כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar

25 And this will die in the soul of bitterness, and will not eat in good. 26 They will lie down together upon the dust, and the worm shall cover over them. 27 Behold, I knew your purposes, and the devices ye will shake off against me.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:2

All according to all: one event to the just one and to the unjust one; to the good one and to the clean one, and to the unclean one; to him sacrificing and to him not sacrificing: as the good one, so the sinning one; he swearing, as he who shall fear an oath.

Isaiah 14:11

Thy grandeur was brought down to hades, the sound of thy harps: the worm was spread under thee, and worms covering thee.

Job 20:11

His bones were full of his youth, and shall lie down with him in the dust.

Job 3:18-19

They being bound, rested together; they heard not the voice of the taskmaster.

Job 17:14

I called to the pit: Grave, thou my father: and to the worm, My mother, and my sister.

Job 19:26

And after they destroyed my skin, this, and from my flesh I shall see God:

Job 24:20

The womb shall forget him; the worm sucked him; he shall be no more remembered: and iniquity shall be broken as a tree.

Psalm 49:14

As sheep they were laid in hades; death shall rule over them, and the upright shall come down upon them in the morning; and their rock for falling away in hades from a dwelling to him.

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