Job 17:14
if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’
World English Bible Classic
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 house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
15where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?
Cross References
Job 19:26After my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh,
Job 21:32Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men will keep watch over the tomb.
Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat.
Psalms 49:9that he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.
Acts 2:27because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.
1 Corinthians 15:42So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown 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 →