Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I call corruption my father, and the worms call I 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!
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!
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 Though I tarry never so much, yet the grave is my house, and I must make my bed in the dark. 14 I call corruption my father, and the worms call I my mother and my sister. 15 What helpeth then my long tarrying? Or, who will fulfill the thing that I look for?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 16:10
For why? Thou shalt not leave my soul in hell, neither shalt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.
Job 13:28
Whereas I, notwithstanding, must consume like as a foul carrion, and as a cloth that is moth eaten.
Job 19:26
that I shall be clothed again with this skin, and see God in my flesh.
Job 21:26
Now sleep they both alike in the earth, and the worms cover them.
Job 21:32-33
Yet shall he be brought to his grave, and dwell among the heap of the dead.
Job 24:20
O that all compassion upon them were forgotten: that their dainties were worms, that they were clean put out of remembrance, and utterly hewn down like an unfruitful tree.
Job 30:30
My skin upon me is turned to black, and my bones are burnt with heat;
Psalm 49:9
Yea, though he live long, and see not the grave.
Isaiah 14:11
Thy pomp and thy pride is gone down to hell: Moths shall be laid under thee, and worms shall be thy covering.
Acts 2:27-31
because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt suffer thine holy to see corruption.
Acts 13:34-37
As concerning that he so raised him up from death, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, 'The holy promises made to David I will give them faithfully to you.'
1 Corinthians 15:42
So is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, and riseth in incorruption.
1 Corinthians 15:53-54
For this corruptible must put on incorruptibility: and this mortal must put on immortality.