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26 They both lie down in the dust;
    and worms[a] cover them.”

Job Suspects His Friends of Treachery

27 “Look! I know your thoughts,
    your plans[b] are going to harm me.
28 You ask, ‘Where is the noble person’s house?’
    and ‘Where are the tents where the wicked live?’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:26 Lit. and a worm
  2. Job 21:27 Or purposes

26 Side by side they lie in the dust,(A)
    and worms(B) cover them both.(C)

27 “I know full well what you are thinking,
    the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28 You say, ‘Where now is the house of the great,(D)
    the tents where the wicked lived?’(E)

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