Job 17:14
I have called upon death to be my father, 1 And corruption to be my mother and sister. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
13For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: 1 And my bed has been made in darkness. 1
15Where then is yet my hope? 1 Or where shall I see my good? 1
Cross References
Job 19:26And to raise up upon the earth my skin that endures these sufferings: 1 For these things have been accomplished to me of the Lord; 1
Job 21:32And he has been led away to the tombs, 1 And he has watched over the heaps. 1
Job 30:30And my skin has been greatly blackened, 1 And my bones are burned with heat. 1
Psalms 49:9I will take no bullocks out of thy house, 1 Nor he-goats out of thy flocks. 1
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 →