Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

[if] I call to the pit, 'You [are] my father,' to the maggot, '[You are] 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.

Holman Bible

and say to corruption: You are my father,
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.

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

to the worm
רמּה 
Rimmah 
Usage: 7

אם 
'em 
Usage: 220

References

Easton

Fausets

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

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

13 If I hope [for] Sheol [as] my house, [if] I spread my couch in the darkness, 14 [if] I call to the pit, 'You [are] my father,' to the maggot, '[You are] my mother or my sister,' 15 where then [is] my hope? And {who will see my hope}?

Cross References

Psalm 16:10

for you will not abandon my soul to Sheol; you will not give your faithful one to see [the] grave.

Job 13:28

And he himself wastes away like something rotten, like a garment that [the] moth has eaten.

Job 19:26

And after my skin has been thus destroyed, but from my flesh I will see God,

Job 21:26

They lie down together in [the] dust, and maggots cover them.

Job 21:32-33

When he is brought to [the] grave, then someone stands guard over [the] tomb.

Job 24:20

[The] womb forgets him. [The] maggot feasts on him [until] he is no longer remembered, and wickedness is broken like a tree.

Job 30:30

My skin turns black on me, and my bones burn with heat.

Psalm 49:9

so that he may stay alive forever [and] not see the pit.

Isaiah 14:11

Your pride is brought down [to] Sheol, [and] the sound of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you like a bed, and your covering is worms.

Acts 2:27-31

because you will not abandon my soul in Hades, nor will you permit your Holy One to experience decay.

Acts 13:34-37

But that he has raised him from the dead, no more going to return to decay, he has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the reliable divine decrees of David.'

1 Corinthians 15:42

Thus also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.

1 Corinthians 15:53-54

For it is necessary [for] this perishable [body] to put on incorruptibility, and this mortal [body] to put on immortality.

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