²⁶ They lie down alike in the dust, The worm covers them.

² All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn't sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.

¹¹ Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, [and] the noise of your viols: the worm is spread under you, and worms cover you.

¹¹ His bones are full of his youth, But youth shall lie down with him in the dust.

¹⁸ There the prisoners are at ease together. They don't hear the voice of the taskmaster.

¹⁹ The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.

¹⁴ If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' To the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;'

²⁶ After my skin is destroyed, Then in my flesh shall I see God,

²⁰ The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.

¹⁴ They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, Far from their mansion.