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
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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!
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
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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 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}?
Phrases
Names
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.