Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Job 17:14 - Revised Version 1885 If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
And after my skin hath been thus destroyed, Yet from my flesh shall I see God:
The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered: And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, which is a worm!
My skin is black, and falleth from me, And my bones are burned with heat.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh.
For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption.
Thy pomp is brought down to hell, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: