Why did he call the grave 'my father'?
Rashi: I will lodge there many days, as if it is my father, since this is my hope.
Divrei Eliyahu: Father is the earth from which he was formed. It is like a father to him.
Malbim: My friends say that I will be born a second time there, like a new creation. The father will be the grave and corrosion of my body.
Why does he call worms his mother and sister?
Devar Eliyahu: There are two kinds of worms - from the ground and from man himself. What is from the ground is like his mother; what is from man himself is like his sister.
Malbim: After the body is destroyed, also worms will be born. They will be my brother 1 and sister, for both of us have the same father.
Our text says "Imi"; It seems that Malbim's text said 'Achi'. Why did he not mention that others' texts say Imi? Did he not see the Ramban, Alshich, Vilna Gaon, Metzudos and Chomas Anach on Iyov? (PF)
