Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
I called to the pit: Grave, thou my father: and to the worm, My mother, and 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,
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!
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 I shall wait, hades is my house: in darkness I spread my bed. 14 I called to the pit: Grave, thou my father: and to the worm, My mother, and my sister. 15 And where now my hope? and my hope who shall regard it?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul to hades; thou wilt not give thy merciful ones to see corruption.
Job 13:28
And he as rottenness will fall away; as a garment the moth ate it.
Job 19:26
And after they destroyed my skin, this, and from my flesh I shall see God:
Job 21:26
They will lie down together upon the dust, and the worm shall cover over them.
Job 21:32-33
And he shall be led away to the graves, and shall watch over the tomb.
Job 24:20
The womb shall forget him; the worm sucked him; he shall be no more remembered: and iniquity shall be broken as a tree.
Job 30:30
My skin was black from above me, and my bones burnt from heat
Psalm 49:9
And he shall yet live forever, he shall not see destruction.
Isaiah 14:11
Thy grandeur was brought down to hades, the sound of thy harps: the worm was spread under thee, and worms covering thee.
Acts 2:27-31
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hades neither wilt thou give thy sanctified one to see corruption.
Acts 13:34-37
And that he raised him from the dead, no more about to return to corruption, so he said, That I will give you the holy, faithful things of David.
1 Corinthians 15:42
So also the rising up of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
1 Corinthians 15:53-54
For this corrupted must put on incorruption, and this mortal put on immortality.