Job 17:14
To corruption I have called: You [are] my father. To the worm: My mother and my sister.
Literal Standard 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 wait—Sheol [is] my house, || In darkness I have spread out my bed.
15And where [is] my hope now? Indeed, my hope, who beholds it?
Cross References
Job 19:26And after my skin has surrounded this [body], || Then from my flesh I see God—
Job 21:32And he is brought to the graves, || And a watch is kept over the heap.
Job 30:30My skin has been black on me, || And my bone has burned from heat,
Psalms 49:9And still he lives forever, || He does not see the pit.
Acts 2:27Because You will not leave my soul to Hades, || Nor will You give Your Holy One to see corruption;
1 Corinthians 15:42So also [is] the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in 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 →