Discovery BoxJob 17:14 
Context17:14 If I cry 1 to corruption, 2 ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My Mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
Job 25:6
Context25:6 how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot 3 –
a son of man, who is only a worm!”
Job 24:20
Contextthe worm feasts on him,
no longer will he be remembered.
Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.
1 tn This is understood because the conditional clauses seem to run to the apodosis in v. 15.
2 tn The word שַׁחַת (shakhat) may be the word “corruption” from a root שָׁחַת (shakhat, “to destroy”) or a word “pit” from שׁוּחַ (shuakh, “to sink down”). The same problem surfaces in Ps 16:10, where it is parallel to “Sheol.” E. F. Sutcliffe, The Old Testament and the Future Life, 76ff., defends the meaning “corruption.” But many commentators here take it to mean “the grave” in harmony with “Sheol.” But in this verse “worms” would suggest “corruption” is better.
3 tn The text just has “maggot” and in the second half “worm.” Something has to be added to make it a bit clearer. The terms “maggot” and “worm” describe man in his lowest and most ignominious shape.
4 tn Here “womb” is synecdoche, representing one’s mother.
