Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and to the maggot: My mother or my sister,
New American Standard Bible
To the
King James Version
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
International Standard Version
if I call out to the Pit, "You're my father!' or say to the worm, "My mother!' or "My sister!'
A Conservative Version
if I have said to corruption, Thou are my father, to the worm, My mother, and my sister,
American Standard Version
If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;
Amplified
If I call out to the pit (grave), ‘You are my father’;
And to the worm [that feeds on decay], ‘You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],’
Bible in Basic English
If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;
Darby Translation
I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!
Julia Smith Translation
I called to the pit: Grave, thou my father: and to the worm, My mother, and my sister.
King James 2000
I have said to corruption, You are my father: to the worm, You are my mother, and my sister.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[if] I call to the pit, 'You [are] my father,' to the maggot, '[You are] my mother or my sister,'
Modern King James verseion
I have said to corruption, You are my father; to the worm, My mother and my sister!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I call corruption my father, and the worms call I my mother and my sister.
NET Bible
If I cry to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My Mother,' or 'My sister,'
New Heart English Bible
If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' to the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;'
The Emphasized Bible
To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm.
Webster
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
World English Bible
If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' to the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;'
Youngs Literal Translation
To corruption I have called: -- 'Thou art my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' -- to the worm.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 17:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Says To His Friends: I'M Still Wiser Than You
13
spread out my bed in darkness,
and to the maggot: My mother or my sister,
Who can see any hope for me?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 16:10
You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.
Job 13:28
like a moth-eaten garment.
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Job 19:26
yet I will see God in
Job 21:26
and worms cover them.
Job 21:32-33
and someone keeps watch over his tomb.
Job 24:20
worms feed on them;
they are remembered
So injustice is broken like a tree.
Job 30:30
and my bones burn with fever.
Psalm 49:9
and not see the Pit.
Isaiah 14:11
along with the music of your harps.
Maggots are spread out under you,
and worms cover you.”
Acts 2:27-31
or allow Your Holy One to see decay.
Acts 13:34-37
Since He raised Him from the dead, never to return to decay, He has spoken in this way, I will grant you the faithful covenant blessings
1 Corinthians 15:42
So it is with the resurrection of the dead:
1 Corinthians 15:53-54
with incorruptibility,
and this mortal must be clothed
with immortality.