Job 17:14
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
רִמָּה
rimmâh
a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figuratively
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
אָחוֹת
ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Study H269 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
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