Verse 14
Job 17:14
World Messianic Bible
14
If I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father;’
to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘my sister;’
Original Language Text
hebrew
לַ/שַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִ/י אָ֑תָּה אִמִּ֥/י וַ֝/אֲחֹתִ֗/י לָֽ/רִמָּֽה
English Translation
I called to you, my father; you are my mother and my sister for deceit.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 17 Context
1
“My spirit is consumed.
My days are extinct,
And the grave is ready for me.
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2
Surely there are mockers with me.
My eye dwells on their provocation.
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3
“Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself.
Who is there who will strike hands with me?
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4
For you have hidden their heart from understanding,
Therefore you shall not exalt them.
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5
He who denounces his friends for plunder,
Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
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6
“But he has made me a byword of the people.
They spit in my face.
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7
My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow.
All my members are as a shadow.
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8
Upright men shall be astonished at this.
The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
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9
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way.
He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
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10
But as for you all, come on now again;
I shall not find a wise man among you.
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11
My days are past, my plans are broken off,
as are the thoughts of my heart.
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12
They change the night into day,
saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
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13
If I look for Sheol as my house,
if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
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14
If I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father;’
to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘my sister;’
15
where then is my hope?
as for my hope, who shall see it?
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16
Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol,
or descend together into the dust?”
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