Job 17:14
I have said to decay and to worms: “You are my father, my mother, and my sister.”
Catholic Public Domain 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 should wait, the underworld is my house, and in darkness I have spread out my bed.
15Therefore, where is my expectation now, and who is it that considers my patience?
Cross References
Job 19:26And I will be enveloped again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.
Job 21:32He will be led to the tomb, and he will remain awake in the chaos of the dead.
Job 30:30My skin has become blackened over me, and my bones have dried up because of the heat.
Psalms 49:9I will not accept calves from your house, nor he-goats from your flocks.
Acts 2:27For you will not abandon my soul to Hell, nor will you allow your Holy One to see corruption.
1 Corinthians 15:42So it is also with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown in corruption shall rise to incorruption.
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 →