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Job 17:14

NETBible	If I cry¹ to corruption,² ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My Mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
NIV © biblegateway Job 17:14	if I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister’,
NASB © biblegateway Job 17:14	If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’; To the worm, ‘my mother and my sister’;
NLT © biblegateway Job 17:14	And I might call the grave my father, and the worm my mother and my sister.
MSG © biblegateway Job 17:14	If a family reunion means going six feet under, and the only family that shows up is worms,
BBE © SABDAweb Job 17:14	If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 17:14	if I say to the Pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
NKJV © biblegateway Job 17:14	If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ And to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister,’
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KJV	I have said <07121> (8804) to corruption <07845>_, Thou [art] my father <01>_: to the worm <07415>_, [Thou art] my mother <0517>_, and my sister <0269>_. {said: Heb. cried, or, called}
NASB © biblegateway Job 17:14	If I call <07121> to the pit <07845> , 'You are my father <01> '; To the worm <07415> , 'my mother <0517> and my sister <0269> ';
LXXM	yanaton <2288> N-ASM epekalesamhn {V-AMI-1S} patera <3962> N-ASM mou <1473> P-GS einai <1510> V-PAN mhtera <3384> N-ASF de <1161> PRT mou <1473> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ adelfhn <79> N-ASF saprian {N-ASF}
NET [draft] ITL	If I cry <07121> to corruption <07845> , ‘You <0859> are my father <01> ,’ and to the worm <07415> , ‘My Mother <0517> ,’ or ‘My sister <0269> ,’
HEBREW	hmrl <07415> ytxaw <0269> yma <0517> hta <0859> yba <01> ytarq <07121> txsl (17:14) <07845>

NETBible

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

NET Notes

¹tn This is understood because the conditional clauses seem to run to the apodosis in v. 15.

²tn The word שַׁחַת (shakhat) may be the word “corruption” from a root שָׁחַת (shakhat, “to destroy”) or a word “pit” from שׁוּחַ (shuakh, “to sink down”). The same problem surfaces in Ps 16:10, where it is parallel to “Sheol.” E. F. Sutcliffe, The Old Testament and the Future Life, 76ff., defends the meaning “corruption.” But many commentators here take it to mean “the grave” in harmony with “Sheol.” But in this verse “worms” would suggest “corruption” is better.