Job 17:14
To corruption I have called: — 'Thou [art] my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' — to the worm.
Young's Literal Translation
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 couch.
15And where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?
Cross References
Job 19:26And after my skin hath compassed this [body], Then from my flesh I see God:
Job 21:32And he — to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.
Job 30:30My skin hath been black upon me, And my bone hath burned from heat,
Psalms 49:9And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
Acts 2:27because Thou wilt not leave my soul to hades, nor wilt Thou give Thy Kind One to see corruption;
1 Corinthians 15:42So also [is] the rising again 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 →