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Job 17

Job 17:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I have ηsaid
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
to corruption
shachath (Hebrew #7845)
a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction
KJV usage: corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.
Pronounce: shakh'-ath
Origin: from 7743
, Thou art my father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
: to the worm
rimmah (Hebrew #7415)
a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: worm.
Pronounce: rim-maw'
Origin: from 7426 in the sense of breading (compare 7311)
, Thou art my mother
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
, and my sister
'achowth (Hebrew #269)
a sister (used very widely (like 250), literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (an-)other, sister, together.
Pronounce: aw-khoth'
Origin: irregular feminine of 251
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η
cried, or, called.

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Father,
Mother,
Worms

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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said.
Heb. cried, or, called.
corruption.
Job 21:32‑33• 32Yet is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept over the tomb.
 33The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit after him, as there were innumerable before him. (Job 21:32‑33)
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Psa. 16:10• 10For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol, neither wilt thou allow thy Holy One to see corruption. (Psa. 16:10)
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Psa. 49:9• 9That he should still live perpetually, and not see corruption. (Psa. 49:9)
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Acts 2:27‑31• 27for thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor wilt thou give thy gracious one to see corruption.
 28Thou hast made known to me the paths of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance.
 29Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.
 30Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, of the fruit of his loins to set upon his throne;
 31he, seeing it before, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither has he been left in hades nor his flesh seen corruption. (Acts 2:27‑31)
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Acts 13:34‑37• 34But that he raised him from among the dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke thus: I will give to you the faithful mercies of David.
 35Wherefore also he says in another, Thou wilt not suffer thy gracious one to see corruption.
 36For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.
 37But he whom God raised up did not see corruption. (Acts 13:34‑37)
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1 Cor. 15:42,53‑54• 42Thus also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.
 53For this corruptible must needs put on incorruptibility, and this mortal put on immortality.
 54But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruptibility, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the word written: Death has been swallowed up in victory. (1 Cor. 15:42,53‑54)
to the worm.
Job 19:26• 26And if after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see +God; (Job 19:26)
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Job 24:20• 20The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree,-- (Job 24:20)
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Isa. 14:11• 11--Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, the noise of thy lyres: the maggot is spread under thee, and worms cover thee. (Isa. 14:11)
• How doleful are his thoughts; he is related to corruption and the worm, and hope finds little that is con-genial amid such dark and gruesome surroundings. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I cry to the graveh, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!

JND Translation Notes

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Others "corruption," as Ps. 16.10.