26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
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All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. …
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-26)Job had largely described the prosperity of wicked people; now, in these verses, I. He opposes this to what his friends had maintained concerning their certain ruin in this life. “Tell me how often do you see the candle of the wicked put out ? Do you not as often see it burnt down to the socket, until it goes out of itself? Job 21:17. How often do you see their destruction come upon them , or God…
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