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If I have said to corruption, `You are my father;` To the worm, `My mother,` and `my sister;`
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A Family of Dust
Commentators explain that when Job calls corruption "father" and the worm "mother and sister," he is expressing a deep, familial connection to the grave. In his profound suffering, he feels he no longer belongs to the living but to the family of the decaying and the dead. This highlights the depth of his despair and his desire for the grave as a familiar home.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I have said—Margin, cried, or called. The sense is, “I say,” or “I thus address the grave.”
To corruption—The word used here (…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I have said to corruption, you are my father Not to the corruptible seed, of which he was begotten; nor to the corru…
Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; here he shows that those who draw their comforts fro…
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13th Century
Catholic
After refuting Eliphaz's opinion, Job now gathers his previous points to demonstrate his thesis. First, he gets their attention by saying, "Therefo…
