Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version if I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’ New Living Translation What if I call the grave my father, and the maggot my mother or my sister? English Standard Version if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’ Berean Standard Bible and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’ King James Bible I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. New King James Version If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ And to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister,’ New American Standard Bible If I call to the grave, ‘You are my father’; To the maggot, ‘my mother and my sister’; NASB 1995 If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’ To the worm, ‘my mother and my sister’ NASB 1977 If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’; To the worm, ‘my mother and my sister’; Legacy Standard Bible If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’; To the worm, ‘my mother and my sister’; Amplified Bible If I call out to the pit (grave), ‘You are my father’; And to the worm [that feeds on decay], ‘You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],’ Christian Standard Bible and say to corruption, “You are my father,” and to the maggot, “My mother” or “My sister,” Holman Christian Standard Bible and say to corruption: You are my father, and to the maggot: My mother or my sister, American Standard Version If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister; Contemporary English Version Then I could greet the grave as my father and say to the worms, "Hello, mother and sisters!" English Revised Version If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister; GOD'S WORD® Translation if I say to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'You are my mother and sister,' Good News Translation I will call the grave my father, and the worms that eat me I will call my mother and my sisters. International Standard Version if I call out to the Pit, 'You're my father!' or say to the worm, 'My mother!' or 'My sister!' Majority Standard Bible and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’ NET Bible If I cry to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My Mother,' or 'My sister,' New Heart English Bible If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' to the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;' Webster's Bible Translation I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. World English Bible if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’ Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTo corruption I have called: You [are] my father. To the worm: My mother and my sister. Young's Literal Translation To corruption I have called: -- 'Thou art my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' -- to the worm. Smith's Literal Translation I called to the pit: Grave, thou my father: and to the worm, My mother, and my sister. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister. Catholic Public Domain Version I have said to decay and to worms: “You are my father, my mother, and my sister.” New American Bible If I am to say to the pit, “You are my father,” and to the worm “my mother,” “my sister,” New Revised Standard Version if I say to the Pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’ Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleI have said to corruption, You are my father; to the worm, You are my mother and my sister. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated To destruction I cried to the worm: ‘you are my father!’, and ‘my mother and my sister!’ OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917If I have said to corruption: 'Thou art my father', To the worm: 'Thou art my mother, and my sister'; Brenton Septuagint Translation I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption to be my mother and sister. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Prepares for Death…13If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness, 14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’ 15where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?… Cross References Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.” Psalm 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death. Ecclesiastes 12:7 before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Isaiah 26:19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead. Daniel 12:2 And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt. Psalm 30:9 “What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness? Psalm 49:14 Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode. Psalm 88:4-5 I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. / I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care. Psalm 103:14 For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust. Isaiah 38:18 For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. Matthew 8:22 But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” Matthew 23:27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. John 5:28-29 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Treasury of Scripture I have said to corruption, You are my father: to the worm, You are my mother, and my sister. said. Job 21:32,33 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb… Psalm 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Psalm 49:9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. to the worm Job 19:26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Job 24:20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. Isaiah 14:11 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. Jump to Previous Corruption Cry Earth Grave Mother Pit Sister WormJump to Next Corruption Cry Earth Grave Mother Pit Sister WormJob 17 1. Job appeals from men to God6. The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish, 9. but not discourage the righteous 11. His hope is not in life, but in death I call The phrase "I call" indicates an intentional declaration or acknowledgment by Job. In the Hebrew text, the verb used here is "קָרָא" (qara), which means to call out, proclaim, or name. This reflects Job's conscious decision to confront his dire circumstances. In the context of Job's suffering, this calling is not just a passive acceptance but an active recognition of his reality. It shows Job's willingness to face the harshness of his situation head-on, a testament to his enduring faith and honesty before God. corruption my father and the worm my mother and sister Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew and sayקָ֭רָאתִי (qā·rā·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read to corruption, לַשַּׁ֣חַת (laš·ša·ḥaṯ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7845: A pit, destruction ‘You [are] אָ֑תָּה (’āt·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you my father,’ אָ֣בִי (’ā·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1: Father and to the worm, לָֽרִמָּֽה׃ (lā·rim·māh) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7415: A maggot ‘My mother,’ אִמִּ֥י (’im·mî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 517: A mother, ) or ‘My sister,’ וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י (wa·’ă·ḥō·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister Links Job 17:14 NIVJob 17:14 NLT Job 17:14 ESV Job 17:14 NASB Job 17:14 KJV Job 17:14 BibleApps.com Job 17:14 Biblia Paralela Job 17:14 Chinese Bible Job 17:14 French Bible Job 17:14 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 17:14 If I have said to corruption 'You (Jb) |
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