Job 17:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. I have said to corruption - I came from a corrupted stock, and I must go to corruption again. The Hebrew might be thus rendered: To the ditch I have called, Thou art my father. To the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister. I am in the nearest state of affinity to dissolution and corruption: I may well call them my nearest relations, as I shall soon be blended with them.