Job 17:14

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

Cross-reference

Job 17:1 Parallel

In Job 17:1, Job declares his spirit broken and the grave ready — immediate context for calling worms his family.

Job 19:26 Contrast

In Job 19:26, despite decay, Job expresses hope of seeing God — contrasting the despair of calling corruption family.

Job 21:26 Parallel

In Job 21:26, both righteous and wicked lie in dust covered by worms — universalizing the decay Job claims as kin.

Job 30:29 Parallel

In Job 30:29, Job uses similar kinship language with jackals and ostriches, reinforcing his degradation and isolation.

Job 7:5 Parallel

In Job 7:5, Job's flesh is clothed with worms — a direct physical parallel to calling worms his family.

Job 10:9 Parallel

In Job 10:9, Job reminds God he was made from dust and will return — echoing the corruption theme.

Job 21:33 Contrast

Job 21:33 says the wicked's grave is sweet — contrasting with Job's view of corruption as his family.

Job 24:20 Parallel

In Job 24:20, the wicked are forgotten and worms feed on them — echoing the same worm imagery for death's decay.

1 Corinthians 15:54 proclaims death swallowed up in victory when corruption puts on incorruption — the ultimate answer to Job's despair over corruption.

1 Corinthians 15:53 declares the corruptible must put on incorruption — directly addressing the corruption Job calls father with a future hope.

1 Corinthians 15:42 says the body is sown in corruption but raised in incorruption — contrasting Job's lament with the promise of transformation.

Acts 13:34-37 contrasts David who saw corruption with Christ who did not — echoing Job's theme of corruption but with resurrection hope.

Acts 2:27-31 applies Psalm 16:10 to Christ's resurrection — contrasting Job's expectation of corruption with Christ's victory over it.

Psalm 16:10 Contrast

Psalm 16:10 promises the Holy One will not see corruption — directly contrasting Job's claim that corruption is his father.

Proverbs 7:4 uses the same 'sister' language for wisdom, contrasting Job's address to corruption.

Acts 13:36 Allusion

Acts 13:36 states David saw corruption (physical decay), directly using the same term Job personifies.

In Isaiah 14:11, worms become the bed and covering of the fallen king — a similar metaphor for humiliation in death.

Psalm 49:14 Parallel

Psalm 49:14 describes death as shepherd and bodies consumed in Sheol, echoing Job's personification of decay.