Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm.
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.
Holman Bible
and to the maggot: My mother or 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;'
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 I wait for hades as my house, in darkness, have spread out my couch; 14 To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm. 15 Where then would be my hope? And, as for my blessedness, who should see it!
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 16:10
For thou wilt not abandon my soul to hades, neither wilt thou suffer thy man of lovingkindness, to see corruption:
Job 13:28
And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten.
Job 19:26
And, though, after my skin is struck off, this followeth , yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD:
Job 21:26
Together, in the dust, they lie down, and, the worm, spreadeth a covering over them.
Job 21:32-33
Yet, he, to the graves, is borne, and, over the tomb, one keepeth watch;
Job 24:20
Maternal love shall forget him, the worm shall find him sweet, No more shall he be remembered, but perversity shall be shivered like a tree.
Job 30:30
My skin, turned black, and peeled off me, and, my bones, burned with heat:
Psalm 49:9
That he should, yet, live on, continually, Should not see corruption.
Isaiah 14:11
Brought down to Hades, thy pride. The hum of thy harps, Beneath thee, is spread out corruption, And, thy coverlet - worms!
Acts 2:27-31
Because thou wilt not abandon my soul unto hades, neither wilt thou give thy man of lovingkindness to see corruption;
Acts 13:34-37
And, in that he raised him from among the dead, no more destined to return unto corruption, on this wise hath he spoken - I will give unto you the faithful lovingkindnesses of David.
1 Corinthians 15:42
Thus, also the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption,
1 Corinthians 15:53-54
For this corruptible must needs clothe itself with incorruptibility, and this mortal, clothe itself, with immortality.