Job 17:14
if I have said to corruption, Thou are my father, to the worm, My mother, and my sister,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
In Context
13If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
15where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
Cross References
Job 19:26And after my skin, this [body], is destroyed, then outside my flesh I shall see God,
Job 21:32Yet he shall be borne to the grave, and men shall keep watch over the tomb.
Job 30:30My skin is black, [and falls] from me. And my bones are burned with heat.
Psalms 49:9that he should still live always, that he should not see corruption.
Acts 2:27Because thou will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will thou give thy Holy man to see decay.
1 Corinthians 15:42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in the perishable, it is raised in imperishability.
Matthew Henry on Job 17:11-16
Job Reproves His Three Friends; Vanity of Worldly Expectations. ( b. c. 1520.) 10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. 12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. 13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. 14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now… Read the whole commentary →