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Job 17:14
Job 17:14 is verse 14 of Job chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
King James Version
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,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’
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Job 17:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
13 If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
14 and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
16 Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 21:32He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
Job 21:33The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Psalms 49:9that he should live on forever and not see decay.
Acts 2:27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Acts 2:28You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
Acts 2:29Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
Acts 2:30But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
Acts 2:31Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
Acts 13:34In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
Acts 13:35So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’
Acts 13:36For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
Acts 13:37But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.
1 Corinthians 15:42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
1 Corinthians 15:53For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
1 Corinthians 15:54When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
Job 24:20The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
Isaiah 14:11Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.