Job 17:14

In 11 translations

BSB

and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

KJV

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.said: Heb. cried, or, called

WEB

if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’

ASV

If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;

LSV

To corruption I have called: You [are] my father. To the worm: My mother and my sister.

YLT

To corruption I have called: — 'Thou [art] my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' — to the worm.

DBY

I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!

DRC

If I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.

GNV

I shall say to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worme, Thou art my mother and my sister.

JPS

If I have said to corruption: 'Thou art my father', to the worm: 'Thou art my mother, and my sister';

LXXE

I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption to be my mother and sister.

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WLC

לַשַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּ֥י וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י לָֽרִמָּֽה׃

LXX-Br

Θάνατον ἐπεκαλεσάμην πατέρα μου εἶναι, μητέρα δέ μου καὶ ἀδελφὴν σαπρίαν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
• 1 Corinthians 15:42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
• Job 21:32–33He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb. The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
• Job 21:26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
• Isaiah 14:11Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
• Job 13:28So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
• Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
• Job 24:20The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
• Psalms 49:9that he should live on forever and not see decay.
• 1 Corinthians 15:53–54For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written…
• Acts 2:27–31because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’ Brothers, I can tell you with…
• Acts 13:34–37In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’ So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’…
• Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

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