Job 17:14 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

if I say to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'You are my mother and sister,'(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

ASV:

If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;

BBE:

If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;

DBY:

I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!

ERV:

If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;

JPS:

If I have said to corruption: 'Thou art my father', to the worm: 'Thou art my mother, and my sister';

WBS:

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

WEB:

If I have said to corruption,'You are my father;' to the worm,'My mother,' and'my sister;'

YLT:

To corruption I have called: -- 'Thou art my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' -- to the worm.

Job 17:14 Cross References

XREF:

Job 7:5 "My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt, My skin hardens and runs.

Job 13:28 While I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Job 21:26 "Together they lie down in the dust, And worms cover them.

Job 25:6 How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!"

Job 30:30 "My skin turns black on me, And my bones burn with fever. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my {o} father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
(o) I have no more hope in father, mother, sister, or any worldly thing: for the dust and worms will be to me instead of them.

WES:

17:14 Corruption - Heb. to the pit of corruption, the grave. Father - I am near a - kin to thee, and thou wilt receive and keep me in thy house, as parents do their children.

MHC:

17:10-16 Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; he here shows that those do not go wisely about the work of comforting the afflicted, who fetch their comforts from the possibility of recovery in this world. It is our wisdom to comfort ourselves, and others, in distress, with that which will not fail; the promise of God, his love and grace, and a well-grounded hope of eternal life. See how Job reconciles himself to the grave. Let this make believers willing to die; it is but going to bed; they are weary, and it is time that they were in their beds. Why should not they go willingly when their Father calls them? Let us remember our bodies are allied to corruption, the worm and the dust; and let us seek for that lively hope which shall be fulfilled, when the hope of the wicked shall be put out in darkness; that when our bodies are in the grave, our souls may enjoy the rest reserved for the people of God.

CONC:

And'my Corruption Cry Grave Pit Sister Worm

Corruption Cry Earth Grave Mother Pit Sister Worm

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