Job 1:19

And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Cross-reference

Job 1:15 Parallel

Job 1:15 is the first disaster in the same narrative sequence — Sabeans attack livestock — paralleling this final calamity.

Job 4:9 Allusion

Job 4:9 interprets the great wind as God's breath of judgment — Eliphaz later blames the children's death on this.

Job 5:4 Allusion

Job 5:4 describes children of the foolish crushed — directly echoes the fate of Job's children here.

Job 8:4 Allusion

Job 8:4 explicitly says the children died for their sin — Bildad directly interprets this event.

Job 18:19 Allusion

Job 18:19 declares the wicked have no offspring — mirroring Job's total loss of children.

In Genesis 42:36, Jacob laments losing multiple children — directly parallels Job's loss of all his children in one catastrophe.

Jeremiah 4:11 uses the same imagery of a scorching wind from the desert as a destructive force — a parallel to the wind that killed Job’s children.

Matthew 7:27 describes a house that falls when winds beat against it — the same imagery of a house destroyed by wind, though a parable.

Luke 13:4 Parallel

Luke 13:4 refers to a tower falling and killing people — a similar sudden disaster to the house collapse in Job.

In Genesis 37:32, a messenger brings Jacob a bloodied coat, implying his son's death — parallel to the messenger reporting Job's children dead.

Genesis 37:33 shows Jacob grieving over Joseph's presumed death — echoes the parental grief Job experiences from his loss.

In Luke 13:1-5, Jesus cites sudden deaths (tower fall) to teach about repentance — parallels unexpected tragedy like Job's children.

In Judges 16:30, Samson causes a house to collapse and kill many — similar sudden building collapse causing mass death.

In 1 Kings 20:30, a wall falls on 27,000 men — another instance of a structure falling and killing people, like Job's house.