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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• 32And he, to the graves he is brought,{HR}And over the heap he keepeth watch.
 33Sweet to him are the clods of the valley,{HR}And after him draweth everybody.{HR}And [there is] no counting before him. (Job 21:32‑33)
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Psa. 16:10• 10For thou wilt not leave my soul in Sheol;{HR}Thou wilt not suffer thine holy one to see corruption. (Psa. 16:10)
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Psa. 49:9• 9That he should still live forever{HR}And not see corruption. (Psa. 49:9)
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Acts 2:27‑31• 27because thou wilt not leave my soul to hades nor give thy Holy One to see corruption.
 28Thou didst make known to me ways of life; thou wilt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
 29Brethren, one may speak with freedom unto you about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is amongst us unto this day.
 30Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God swore with an oath to him of the fruit of his loins to seat upon his throne,
 31he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he left to hades nor did his flesh see corruption. (Acts 2:27‑31)
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Acts 13:34‑37• 34But that he raised him from [the] dead, no more to return unto corruption, he hath spoken thus, I will give you the faithful mercies of David;
 35wherefore also in another [psalm] he saith, Thou wilt not suffer thy holy one to see corruption.
 36For David, having in his own generation served the counsel of God fell asleep, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption.
 37But he whom God raised up 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.
 53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal put on immortality.
 54But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the word that is written, Death was swallowed up in victory. (1 Cor. 15:42,53‑54)
to the worm.
Job 19:26• 26And after my skin this is torn in pieces,{HR}Yet from my flesh shall I see God, (Job 19:26)
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Job 24:20• 20The womb forgetteth him, the worm feedeth on him,{HR}He is no more remembered,{HR}And wickedness is broken like a tree. (Job 24:20)
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Isa. 14:11• 11Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, the noise of thy lyres: the worm is spread under thee, and vermin covereth 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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To corruption I have cried, Thou [art] my father,{HR}To the worm, my mother and my sister.