Job 17:14 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁴ I might say to the grave,\par ‘You are my father,’\par and to the worms,\par ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister.’\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ 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)

¹⁴ If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;

Common English Bible

¹⁴ I’ve called corruption “my father,” the worm, “my mother and sister.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ If I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father: to worms, My mother and my sister.

Job 17:14 Tagairtí Cros

Job 13:28

So I am becoming weaker and weaker\par like a piece of wood rotting away,\par like a piece of cloth eaten by moths.”\par

Job 19:26

After I leave my body\par and my skin has been destroyed,\par I know I will still see God.\par

Job 21:26

In the end, both of those people\par will lie together in the dirt.\par The worms will cover them both.\par

Job 24:20

That evil person will die\par and even his own mother\par will forget him.\par His sweetheart will be the worms\par eating his body.\par People will not remember him.\par That evil person will be broken\par like a rotten stick!\par

Job 25:6

People are much less pure.\par People are like maggots, {\cf2\super [46]} \par like worthless worms!”\par

Job 30:30

My skin is burnt and peeling away.\par My body is hot with fever.\par

Job 7:5

My body is clothed with worms and dirt.\par My skin is broken\par and covered with running sores.\par

Psalm 16:10

Why? Because, Lord, you will not leave\par my soul in the place of death.\par You will not let your faithful one rot\par in the grave. {\cf2\super [88]} \par

Psalm 49:9

No person will ever get enough money\par to buy the right to live forever,\par and to save his own body\par from rotting in the grave.\par

Isaiah 14:11

Your pride has been sent down to Sheol. {\cf2\super [149]} \par The music from your harps announces\par the coming of your proud spirit.\par Maggots (flies) will eat your body.\par You will lie on them like a bed.\par Worms will cover your body like a blanket.\par

1 Corinthians 15:42

It is the same with the dead people who are raised to life. The body that is “planted” will ruin and decay. But that body is raised to a life that cannot be destroyed.