Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

and say to corruption: You are my father,
and to the maggot: My mother or my sister,

New American Standard Bible

If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’;
To the worm, ‘my mother and my sister’;

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

שׁחת 
Shachath 
Usage: 23

Thou art my father
H1
אב 
'ab 
Usage: 1214

to the worm
רמּה 
Rimmah 
Usage: 7

Thou art my mother
אם 
'em 
Usage: 220

References

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Context Readings

Job Says To His Friends: I'M Still Wiser Than You

13 If I await Sheol as my home,
spread out my bed in darkness,
14 and say to corruption: You are my father,
and to the maggot: My mother or my sister,
15 where then is my hope?
Who can see any hope for me?



Cross References

Psalm 16:10

For You will not abandon me to Sheol;
You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.

Job 13:28

Man wears out like something rotten,
like a moth-eaten garment.


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Job 19:26

Even after my skin has been destroyed,
yet I will see God in my flesh.

Job 21:26

But they both lie in the dust,
and worms cover them.

Job 21:32-33

He is carried to the grave,
and someone keeps watch over his tomb.

Job 24:20

The womb forgets them;
worms feed on them;
they are remembered no more.
So injustice is broken like a tree.

Job 30:30

My skin blackens and flakes off,
and my bones burn with fever.

Psalm 49:9

so that he may live forever
and not see the Pit.

Isaiah 14:11

Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol,
along with the music of your harps.
Maggots are spread out under you,
and worms cover you.”

Acts 2:27-31

because You will not leave me in Hades
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 made to David.

1 Corinthians 15:42

So it is with the resurrection of the dead:

Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption;

1 Corinthians 15:53-54

For this corruptible must be clothed
with incorruptibility,
and this mortal must be clothed
with immortality.

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