Job 17:14

Modern English Version

I have said to the pit, ‘You are my father’; to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister.’

Cross References

Job 13:28

“Man, as a rotten thing, decays, as a garment that is moth eaten.

Job 19:26

and after my skin is destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,

Job 21:26

They will lie down alike in the dust, and worms will cover them.

Job 24:20

The womb will forget him; the worm will feed sweetly on him; he will be remembered no more, and wickedness will be broken like a tree.

Job 25:6

how much less man, who is a maggot? And the son of man, who is a worm?”

Job 30:30

My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with fever.

Job 7:5

My flesh is covered with worms and caked with dirt; my skin is broken, and has become loathsome.

Psalm 16:10

For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, nor will You allow Your holy one to see corruption.

Psalm 49:9

that he should live on eternally, and never see the pit.

Isaiah 14:11

Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the noise of your harps; maggots are spread under you, and the worms cover you.

1 Corinthians 15:42

So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.