Job 17:14
Should I call the grave my father, and the maggot my mother or my sister?
Free Bible 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
13What am I looking for? To make my home in Sheol, to make my bed in darkness?
15So then where is my hope? Can anyone see any hope for me?
Cross References
Job 19:26Even though my skin is destroyed, in my body I shall see God.
Job 21:32When they eventually die and are carried to the graveyard, their tomb is guarded. The earth of the grave softly covers them.
Job 30:30My skin turns black on me; and my bones burn within me.
Psalms 49:9that they could live forever and not face the grave.
Acts 2:27For you will not abandon me in the grave, nor will you allow your Holy One to experience decay.
1 Corinthians 15:42It's the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in decay; it is raised to last forever.
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 →