Job 17:14
Job 17:14 Meaning and Explanation
“I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Job claims decay and the worm as his closest family.
What Does Job 17:14 Mean?
With stark imagery Job names his new kin: he calls corruption his father and the worm his mother and sister. Stripped of family and friends, he reckons the grave as his nearest relation.
The language is bleak, yet it is brutally honest about what death does to the body. Job hides nothing from God. Such candor is not faithlessness but a strange kind of trust, that the Lord can bear our darkest words. And the Christian reads it in light of the promise that this corruption will one day put on incorruption.
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What does Job 17:14 mean?
Job claims decay and the worm as his closest family.