JOB 17:14

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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Job 17:14 Translation & Meaning

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I have said קָ֭רָאתִי To call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) said
to corruption, לַשַּׁ֣חַת A pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction corruption
Thou אָ֑תָּה Thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you Thou
art (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
my father: אָ֣בִי Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application father
to the worm, לָֽרִמָּֽה׃ A maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figuratively worm
Thou art (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
my mother, אִמִּ֥י A mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]) mother
and my sister. וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י A sister (used very widely [like H0251], literally and figuratively) sister

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  • 12  They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

  • 13  If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

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

  • 15  And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

  • 16  They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.




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