“Ver. 14. I have said to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister. What does this mean, that he said to corruption, Thou art my father; saving that every man descends from an already corrupted origin? and hence it is added, And to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister; in t…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XIII
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14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
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12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
— Job 17:14 —
15And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.