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Job 17:14
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12 They change the night into day;
‘The light is near,’ they say, in the face of darkness.
13 If I wait for the grave as my house,
If I make my bed in the darkness,
14 If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’
And to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister,’
15 Where then is my ahope?
As for my hope, who can see it? 
16 Will they go down ato the gates of Sheol?
Shall we have brest together in the dust?” 
Verse Comparison: Job 17:14

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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.

New English Translation
If I cry1 to corruption,2 ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My Mother,’ or ‘My sister,’


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