Job 17:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’ Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If I say to the grave and corruption, 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], American Standard Version (1901) If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister; Common English Bible I’ve called corruption “my father,” the worm, “my mother and sister.” Catholic Public Domain Version I have said to decay and to worms: "You are my father, my mother, and my sister." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father: to worms, My mother and my sister. |
and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then from my flesh I shall see God,
The squares of the town forget them; their name is no longer remembered; so wickedness is broken like a tree.’
My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt; my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.
Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are the bed beneath you, and worms are your covering.
So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.