Job 21:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Eccl 9:2 : 2 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.
Isa 14:11 : 11 Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, [and] the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.
Job 20:11 : 11 His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
Job 3:18-19 : 18 There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster. 19 The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.
Job 17:14 : 14 If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister;
Job 19:26 : 26 And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;
Job 24:20 : 20 The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
Ps 49:14 : 14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 17:16
78%
16It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
Job 20:11
76%
11His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
Job 21:25
76%
25And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.
Job 34:15
75%
15All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust.
Job 21:32-33
2 verses
75%
32Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.
33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.
Eccl 3:20
75%
20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Job 14:12
74%
12So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
Isa 14:10-11
2 verses
74%
10All they shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
11Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, [and] the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.
Ps 49:14
74%
14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.
Job 21:13
73%
13They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.
Job 25:6
72%
6How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!
Job 4:19-21
3 verses
72%
19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
20Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.
21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
Jer 16:4
72%
4They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.
Job 40:13
72%
13Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place].
Job 27:19
72%
19He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Isa 66:24
72%
24And they shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Job 36:14
72%
14They die in youth, And their life [perisheth] among the unclean.
Job 24:19-20
2 verses
72%
19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned.
20The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
Isa 14:18-19
2 verses
71%
18All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house.
19But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under foot.
Job 7:5
71%
5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.
Ps 104:29
71%
29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.
Isa 26:14
71%
14[They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.
Job 20:7
71%
7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Jer 9:22
71%
22Speak, Thus saith Jehovah, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman; and none shall gather [them].
Isa 26:19
71%
19Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
Mic 7:17
70%
17They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
Job 21:23
70%
23One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:
Ps 41:8
70%
8An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
Ps 73:19
70%
19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
Job 3:21-22
2 verses
70%
21Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;
22Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?
Ps 141:7
70%
7As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
Ps 22:29
70%
29All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.
Prov 5:11
70%
11And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
1 Kgs 13:30
70%
30And he laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, [saying], Alas, my brother!
Ps 83:10
70%
10Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.
Ps 146:4
70%
4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
Prov 1:12
70%
12Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;
Job 34:20
70%
20In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.
Job 33:21-22
2 verses
70%
21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out.
22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.
Jer 8:2
69%
2and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
Jer 16:6
69%
6Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;
Job 19:26
69%
26And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;