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Job 17:14

World English Bible

if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father;’
to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’

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Job 17:14 in other translations

If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;

Job 17:14 · American Standard Version

Job 17:14 in context

  1. 12They change the night into day,
    saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
  2. 13If I look for Sheol as my house,
    if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
  3. 14if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father;’
    to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’
  4. 15where then is my hope?
    as for my hope, who will see it?
  5. 16Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol,
    or descend together into the dust?”