Job 17:14
To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 for hades as my house, in darkness, have spread out my couch;
15Where then would be my hope? And, as for my blessedness, who should see it!
Cross References
Job 19:26And, though, after my skin is struck off, this [followeth], yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD:
Job 21:32Yet, he, to the graves, is borne, and, over the tomb, one keepeth watch;
Job 30:30My skin, turned black, and peeled off me, and, my bones, burned with heat:
Psalms 49:9That he should, yet, live on, continually, Should not see corruption.
Acts 2:27Because thou wilt not abandon my soul unto hades, neither wilt thou give thy man of lovingkindness to see corruption;
1 Corinthians 15:42Thus, also 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 →