Job 17:14

Job 17:14 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

14if I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’

and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’

14 If I call to the grave, ‘You are my father’;

To the maggot, ‘my mother and my sister’;

14If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’;

To the worm, ‘my mother and my sister’;

14If I call out to the pit (grave), ‘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],’

14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’

and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

14Suppose I say to the grave,

‘You are like a father to me.’

And suppose I say to its worms,

‘You are like a mother or sister to me.’