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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 shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
 33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. (Job 21:32‑33)
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Psa. 16:10• 10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. (Psa. 16:10)
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Psa. 49:9• 9That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. (Psa. 49:9)
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Acts 2:27‑31• 27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
 28Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
 29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
 30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
 31He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. (Acts 2:27‑31)
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Acts 13:34‑37• 34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
 35Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
 36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
 37But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. (Acts 13:34‑37)
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1 Cor. 15:42,53‑54• 42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
 53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
 54So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. (1 Cor. 15:42,53‑54)
to the worm.
Job 19:26• 26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: (Job 19:26)
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Job 24:20• 20The 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. (Job 24:20)
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Isa. 14:11• 11Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the 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.