Verse Comparison: Job 17:14
American Standard Version
If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, `Thou art' my mother, and my sister;
Amplified® Bible
If I say to the grave {and} corruption, You are my father, and to the worm [that feeds on decay], You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],
Contemporary English Version
Then I could greet the grave as my father and say to the worms, "Hello, mother and sisters!"
Darby English Version
I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!
Good News Bible
I will call the grave my father, and the worms that eat me I will call my mother and my sisters.
King James Version
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
New American Standard Bible
If I call to the pit, `You are my father'; To the worm, `my mother and my sister';
New International Version
if I say to corruption, 'You are my father,'
and to the worm, 'My mother' or 'My sister,'
New King James Version
If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’
And to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister,’
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
If I call to the pit, 'You I acknowledge as my father'; To the worm, 'my mother and my sister';
Revised Standard Version
if I say to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother,' or 'My sister,'
Young's Literal Translation
To corruption I have called: -- `Thou `art' my father.' `My mother' and `my sister' -- to the worm.
