Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
if I call out to the Pit, "You're my father!' or say to the worm, "My mother!' or "My sister!'
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Holman Bible
and to the maggot: 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 "If my hope were that my house is the afterlife itself, if I were to make my bed in darkness, 14 if I call out to the Pit, "You're my father!' or say to the worm, "My mother!' or "My sister!' 15 where would my hope be? "And speaking of my hope, who would notice it?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 16:10
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, you will not allow your holy one to experience corruption.
Job 13:28
So I'm a man who wears out like something rotten, like a garment that has become moth-eaten."
Job 19:26
Even after my skin has been destroyed, clothed in my flesh I will see God,
Job 21:26
They both lie down in the dust; and worms cover them."
Job 21:32-33
when he is carried away to the cemetery and guardians are placed to watch his tomb?
Job 24:20
The womb will forget them. Maggots will find them to be a delicacy! They won't be remembered anymore, their iniquity will be cut to pieces like firewood.
Job 30:30
My skin turns black all over me; and my bones seem burned from the heat.
Psalm 49:9
that he should go on living and not see corruption.
Isaiah 14:11
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the noise of your harps. Maggots are spread out beneath you, and worms are your covering."
Acts 2:27-31
For you will not abandon my soul to Hades or allow your Holy One to experience decay.
Acts 13:34-37
God raised him from the dead, never to experience decay, as he said, "I'll give you the holy promises made to David.'
1 Corinthians 15:42
This is how it will be at the resurrection of the dead. What is planted is decaying, what is raised cannot decay.
1 Corinthians 15:53-54
For what is decaying must be clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying must be clothed with what cannot die.