Job 17

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
to the pitלַשַּׁ֣חַתla-SHA-chatH7845H
pit: grave

שַׁ֫חַת (sha.chat) 1) pit, destruction, grave 1a) pit (for catching lions)

I have called outקָ֭רָאתִיKA-ra-tiH7121I
to call: call to

קָרָא (qa.ra) : call_to/invite/entreat 1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound 1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God) 1a3) to proclaim 1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read 1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow 1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to call oneself 1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named 1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

[are] father myאָ֣בִי'A-viH0001G
father

אָב (av) 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers - of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.) Also means: av (אַב "father" H0002)

youאָ֑תָּה'A-tahH0859A
you

אַנְתָּה (an.tah) you, thou (second pers. sing.) Aramaic of at.tah (אַתָּ֫ה "you(m.s.)" H0859A)

O mother myאִמִּ֥י'i-MIH0517
mother

אֵם (em) 1) mother 1a) of humans 1b) of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.) 1c) of animals 2) point of departure or division

and sister myוַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗יva-'a-cho-TIH0269
sister

אָחוֹת (a.chot) 1) sister 1a) sister (same parents) 1b) half-sister (same father) 1c) relative 1c1) (metaph) of Israel's and Judah's relationship 1d) beloved 1d1) bride 1e) (fig.) of intimate connection 1f) another

to the maggotלָֽרִמָּֽה׃LA-ri-MAHH7415
worm

רִמָּה (rim.mah) maggot, worm (as cause and sign of decay)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.