Job 17:14 meaning and explanation
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
Job 17:14, Berean Standard Bible
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Job is speaking, worn down by illness and by friends who have turned into accusers. Having pictured Sheol as his future home, he now personifies decay and the grave worm as family.
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