Job 17:14
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

Young's Literal Translation
To corruption I have called:—‘Thou [art] my father.’ ‘My mother’ and ‘my sister’—to the worm.

King James Bible
I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.

Hebrew
and say
קָ֭רָאתִי (qā·rā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

to corruption,
לַשַּׁ֣חַת (laš·ša·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7845: A pit, destruction

‘You [are]
אָ֑תָּה (’āt·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

my father,’
אָ֣בִי (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1: Father

and to the worm,
לָֽרִמָּֽה׃ (lā·rim·māh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7415: A maggot

‘My mother,’
אִמִּ֥י (’im·mî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

or ‘My sister,’
וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י (wa·’ă·ḥō·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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