Job 10:9

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Cross-references

Job 33:6 Allusion

In Job 33:6, Elihu claims he too was pinched from clay — directly echoing Job's words and affirming shared human frailty.

Job 4:19 Parallel

Job 4:19 speaks of humans dwelling in houses of clay, echoing Job's plea to remember his clay origin — same imagery of fragile mortality.

Job 7:7 Parallel

Job 7:7 also implores God to remember human frailty ('my life is a breath'), reinforcing Job's plea for God to consider his mortal state.

Genesis 2:7 Allusion

Genesis 2:7 describes God forming man from dust, the very creation Job recalls when pleading to be remembered as made from clay.

Genesis 3:19 pronounces the curse of returning to dust, exactly what Job dreads as he asks why God would return him to dust.

Psalm 89:47 Parallel

Psalm 89:47 directly echoes Job's plea: 'Remember how short my time is' — both cry out to God about the brevity of life formed from dust.

Psalm 90:3 Parallel

Psalm 90:3 declares God turns man back to dust, directly echoing Job's fearful question about being returned to dust.

Isaiah 45:9 Parallel

Isaiah 45:9 uses the potter/clay image to rebuke those who question God, mirroring Job's complaint against his Maker.

Isaiah 64:8 Parallel

Isaiah 64:8 humbly calls God the potter and us the clay, contrasting with Job's anguished plea yet sharing the same metaphor.

Jeremiah 18:6 emphasizes God's sovereign power over the clay, reinforcing the potter imagery Job uses in his lament.

Romans 9:21 Parallel

Romans 9:21 uses the potter/clay analogy to argue God's sovereign choice, paralleling Job's acknowledgment of being made by God.

Psalm 103:14 states God remembers we are dust — directly paralleling Job's request that God remember he is made from clay.

Ecclesiastes 3:20 declares all return to dust — directly mirroring Job's question about being returned to dust.

Psalm 139:13 describes God forming inward parts in the womb — parallel to Job's claim of being made like clay, both on divine creation.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 says dust returns to earth, matching Job's imagery of returning to dust, though with a more neutral perspective.

Psalm 139:15 Related theme

Psalm 139:15 mentions being made in secret — similar to Job's formation metaphor, but less direct.