Job 17:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

and I call the pit my father, and the worm my mother and sister,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַשַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּ֥י וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י לָֽרִמָּֽה׃

Transliteration

to-the-šaḥaṯ qārāʾṯî ʾāḇî you-are ʾimmî wa-ʾăḥōṯî to-the-rimmâ

Grammar Details

• *šaḥaṯ*: noun, feminine singular - pit/grave/destruction
• *qārāʾṯî*: Qal perfect 1st person singular - I have called
• *ʾāḇî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my father
• *ʾimmî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my mother
• *wa-ʾăḥōṯî*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - and my sister
• *rimmâ*: noun, feminine singular - worm/maggot

Word Meanings

• *šaḥaṯ*: pit/grave/corruption/destruction
• *qārāʾṯî*: I have called/named/proclaimed
• *ʾāḇî*: my father
• *ʾimmî*: my mother
• *wa-ʾăḥōṯî*: and my sister
• *rimmâ*: worm/maggot/decay

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  I have said to corruption, 'You are my father'; to the worm, 'You are my mother, and my sister.'

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  If I have said{H7121} to corruption,{H7845} Thou art my father;{H1} To the worm,{H7415} [Thou art] my mother,{H517} and my sister;{H269}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I have said{H7121}{(H8804)} to corruption{H7845}, Thou art my father{H1}: to the worm{H7415}, Thou art my mother{H517}, and my sister{H269}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I call corrupcion my father, and the wormes call I my mother and my sister.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I shall say to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worme, Thou art my mother and my sister.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I saide to corruption, thou art my father, and to the wormes, you are my mother and my sister.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' To the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  To corruption I have called: -- `Thou `art' my father.' `My mother' and `my sister' -- to the worm.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, `Thou art' my mother, and my sister;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;

• World English Bible (2000)

  If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' to the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If I cry to corruption,‘You are my father,’ and to the worm,‘My mother,’ or‘My sister,’

Referenced Verses

• Ps 16:10 : 10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You allow Your faithful one to see decay.
• Ps 49:9 : 9 for the redemption of their soul is costly, and it ceases forever—
• Isa 14:11 : 11 Your pride has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Beneath you is a bed of maggots, and worms cover you.
• Acts 2:27-31 : 27 because You will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. 28 You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence. 29 “Fellow Israelites, I can confidently say to you that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. 30 Being therefore a prophet and knowing that God had sworn an oath to him that He would set one of his descendants on his throne, 31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
• Acts 13:34-37 : 34 And concerning the fact that He raised Him from the dead, no longer to return to corruption, He said, 'I will give you the holy and faithful promises made to David.' 35 So it is also stated elsewhere: 'You will not let Your Holy One see decay.' 36 For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, was buried with his ancestors, and saw decay. 37 But He whom God raised did not see decay.
• 1 Cor 15:42 : 42 So it is with the resurrection of the dead: what is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.
• 1 Cor 15:53-54 : 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.'
• Job 21:26 : 26 They lie down together in the dust, and worms cover them.
• Job 21:32-33 : 32 He is carried to the graves, and a watch is kept over his tomb. 33 The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows after him, and countless go before him.
• Job 24:20 : 20 The womb forgets them; worms feast upon them; they are no longer remembered. Wickedness is broken like a tree.
• Job 30:30 : 30 My skin grows black and peels off, and my bones burn with fever.
• Job 13:28 : 28 So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
• Job 19:26 : 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God.