Job 17:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Job 17:14 —

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Cross-References

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Psalms 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts 2:27-31
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. …
1 Corinthians 15:42
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
Job 30:30
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
Job 21:32-33
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Body Corruption Dead (people)Death Despair Despondency Discouragement

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-16)

Job’s friends had pretended to comfort him with the hopes of his return to a prosperous estate again; now he here shows, I. That it was their folly to talk so (Job 17:10): “ Return, and come now, be convinced that you are in an error, and let me persuade you to be of my mind; for I cannot find one wise man among you, that knows how to explain the difficulties of God’s providence or how to apply th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

14. Thou art my father, &c.--expressing most intimate connection (Pr 7:4). His diseased state made him closely akin to the grave and worm.