Job 17:14
Strong's Lexicon
and say
קָ֭רָאתִי (qā·rā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: 1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound 1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God) 1a3) to proclaim 1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read 1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow 1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to call oneself 1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named 1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

to corruption,
לַשַּׁ֣חַת (laš·ša·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7845: 1) pit, destruction, grave 1a) pit (for catching lions) 1b) pit (of Hell)

‘You [are]
אָ֑תָּה (’āt·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: 1) you (second pers. sing. masc.)

my father,’
אָ֣בִי (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.)

and to the worm,
לָֽרִמָּֽה׃ (lā·rim·māh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7415: 1) maggot, worm (as cause and sign of decay)

‘My mother,’
אִמִּ֥י (’im·mî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 517: 1) mother 1a) of humans 1b) of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.) 1c) of animals 2) point of departure or division

or ‘My sister,’
וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י (wa·’ă·ḥō·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 269: 1) sister 1a) sister (same parents) 1b) half-sister (same father) 1c) relative 1c1)(metaph) of Israel's and Judah's relationship 1d) beloved 1d1) bride 1e) (fig.) of intimate connection 1f) another

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

Young's Literal Translation
To corruption I have called:—‘Thou [art] my father.’ ‘My mother’ and ‘my sister’—to the worm.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and say to  corruption: You  are my  father, and to the  maggot: 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 Bible
I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
if I say to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother' or 'My sister,'

New Living Translation
What if I call the grave my father, and the maggot my mother or my sister?

English Standard Version
if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘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 Bible
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

Holman Christian Standard 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!'

NET Bible
If I cry to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My Mother,' or '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;

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

Young's Literal Translation
To corruption I have called: -- 'Thou art my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' -- to the worm.
















Cross References
Job 7:5
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

Job 13:28
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

Job 21:26
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

Job 25:6
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

Job 30:30
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 17:13
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

Job 17:12
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

Job 17:11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

Job 17:15
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

Job 17:16
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
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