The Meaning of Job 17:14 Explained

Job 17:14

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

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

Darby: I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 17:14?

MEANING: What does Job 17:14 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 17:14 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 17:14?

What is the context of Job 17:14?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 17:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 17:1-16 - "the Bars Of Sheol"

Job's continued complaint of his friends, Job 17:1-9

He avows that he could bear his awful calamities if only he were delivered from their mockery; and asks that God would arbitrate between him and them. God is the supreme Judge, and Job asks Him to become his surety against the recriminations of those who so shamefully misjudged him. There is no other course for hunted souls than appeal from man to God in the person of Jesus. At the close of this paragraph he insists that amid a whirlwind of trouble the righteous must hold on his way and keep his hands clean. If any should read these words whose path has dipped down into the valley of the shadow, let them hold on their way. Go on doing the will of God, so far as you know it, and it will bring you out under His heaven of love.

Job's gloomy anticipations of the future, Job 17:10-16

For him there was a grave of darkness and gloom. Men had not as yet been begotten again unto a living hope by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. The soul must descend to the bars of Sheol, Job 17:16, r.v. What a contrast to our Christian hope! There is no need for us to claim the pit for father and the worm for sister! In the Father's house are many mansions. The sufferings of the present are not worthy to be compared with the glory to be revealed! Our kin are not in the dust. We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 17

¹ Job appeals from men to God
⁶ The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish,
⁹ but not discourage the righteous
¹¹ His hope is not in life, but in death

What do the individual words in Job 17:14 mean?

To corruption if I say my father You [are] You [are] my mother and my sister And to the worm

לַשַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּ֥י וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י לָֽרִמָּֽה

לַשַּׁ֣חַת	To corruption
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: שַׁחַת Sense: pit, destruction, grave.
קָ֭רָאתִי	if I say
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular Root: קָרָא Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
אָ֣בִי	my father
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: אָב Sense: father of an individual.
אָ֑תָּה	You [are]
Parse: Pronoun, second person masculine singular Root: אַתְּ Sense: you (second pers.
אִמִּ֥י	You [are] my mother
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: אֵם Sense: mother.
וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י	and my sister
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: אָחֹות Sense: sister.
לָֽרִמָּֽה	And to the worm
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: רִמָּה Sense: maggot, worm (as cause and sign of decay).

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