Cross References I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister. Job 7:5 My flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust; my skin is withered and drawn together. Job 13:28 Who am to be consumed as rottenness, and as a garment that is motheaten. Job 21:26 And yet they shall sleep together in the dust, and worms shall cover them. Job 25:6 How much more is man than rottenness and the son of man than a worm? Job 30:30 My skin is become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister. said. Job 21:32,33 He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead. . . . Psalm 16:10 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt thou give thy holy one to see corruption. Psalm 49:9 And shall still live unto the end. Acts 2:27-31 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell: nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. . . . Acts 13:34-37 And to shew that he raised him up from the dead, not to return now any more to corruption, he said thus: I will give you the holy things of David, faithful. . . . 1 Corinthians 15:42,53,54 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption: it shall rise in incorruption. . . . to the worm Job 19:26 And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see my God. Job 24:20 Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree. Isaiah 14:11 Thy pride is brought down to hell, thy carcass is fallen down: under thee shall the moth be strewed, and worms shall be thy covering. Context Job Prepares for Death…13If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness. 14I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.15Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience?… Lexicon and sayקָ֭רָאתִי (qā·rā·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read to corruption, לַשַּׁ֣חַת (laš·ša·ḥaṯ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7845: A pit, destruction ‘You [are] אָ֑תָּה (’āt·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you my father,’ אָ֣בִי (’ā·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1: Father and to the worm, לָֽרִמָּֽה׃ (lā·rim·māh) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7415: A maggot ‘My mother,’ אִמִּ֥י (’im·mî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, ) or ‘My sister,’ וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י (wa·’ă·ḥō·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 269: Sister -- a sister Additional Translations and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’I have said to corruption, You are my father: to the worm, You are my mother, and my sister. If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister; I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption to be my mother and sister. I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister! If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister; I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' to the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;' To corruption I have called: -- 'Thou art my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' -- to the worm. Jump to Previous Corruption Cry Earth Grave Mother Pit Sister WormJump to Next Corruption Cry Earth Grave Mother Pit Sister WormExternal Links Job 17:14 NIVJob 17:14 NLT Job 17:14 ESV Job 17:14 NASB Job 17:14 ASV Job 17:14 Bible Apps Job 17:14 Biblia Paralela Job 17:14 Chinese Bible Job 17:14 French Bible Job 17:14 German Bible Alphabetical: and are call corruption father I if mother my or pit say sister' the to worm You OT Poetry: Job 17:14 If I have said to corruption 'You (Jb) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |