Job 17:14
What does Job 17:14 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 17:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou artmy mother, and my sister;
KJV
King James Version · 1611I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou artmy mother, and my sister;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862To corruption I have called: --`Thou <FI>art<Fi> my father.' `My mother' and `my sister' --to the worm.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 24:20
The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
- 1 Corinthians 15:53
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
- Job 19:26
And after my skin, eventhisbody, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;
- Isaiah 14:11
Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.
- Job 30:30
My skin is black, and fallethfrom me, And my bones are burned with heat.
- Psalms 49:9
That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.
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