Job 17:14
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
Majority Standard Bible
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 home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
15where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
Cross References
Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
Job 21:32He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
Psalms 49:9that he should live on forever and not see decay.
Acts 2:27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
1 Corinthians 15:42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
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 →