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

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

They shall lie down alike in the dust - The emphasis here is on the word “alike” - יחד yachad. The idea is that they shoul…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

They shall lie down alike in the dust. — Not only, therefore, is the inequality of their life a stumbling-block, but so a…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

They shall lie down alike in the dust
Such as have lived and died in great outward prosperity, or in more unhappy ci…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Job had described the prosperity of wicked people; in these verses he opposes this to what his friends had maintained about their certain ruin in t…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Since Job had previously established that evil men sometimes experience prosperity and at other times adversity in this life, which causes doubt, h…

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