Job 12:14

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Cross-reference

Job 9:12 Parallel

Job 9:12 echoes the same truth: no one can resist God when He tears down or takes away — His power is unmatched.

Job 11:10 Parallel

Job 11:10 directly parallels the imprisoning aspect — Zophar says no one can oppose God when He confines someone.

Job 3:23 Parallel

In Job 3:23, Job laments being hedged in by God—the same divine confinement theme as Job 12:14's imprisonment, reinforcing Job's sense of hopelessness.

Job 22:23 Contrast

In Job 22:23, Eliphaz promises restoration if Job returns to God—contradicting Job's claim that what God tears down cannot be rebuilt, creating a direct contrast.

Job 23:13 Parallel

In Job 23:13, Job affirms God's unopposable sovereignty—the very foundation for the irreversible actions described in Job 12:14.

In Isaiah 22:22, the key of David grants authority to open and shut irreversibly—mirroring Job's statement that God's tearing down and imprisoning cannot be undone.

Jeremiah 51:64 says Babylon will sink to rise no more — a strong parallel to 'cannot be rebuilt' in Job 12:14.

Malachi 1:4 Parallel

Malachi 1:4 shows God demolishing Edom's attempts to rebuild — directly illustrating the 'cannot be rebuilt' principle.

In Revelation 3:7, Christ holds the key of David to open and shut irreversibly—directly echoing Isaiah 22:22 and paralleling God's sovereign irreversible actions in Job.

Psalm 88:8 Allusion

Psalm 88:8 laments being confined by God with no escape — a personal echo of Job's principle that God's imprisonment is irreversible.

Ecclesiastes 7:13 says what God makes crooked cannot be straightened — the same irreversibility as Job's unrebuilt ruins.

Ezekiel 26:14 declares Tyre will never be rebuilt — a direct fulfillment of Job's statement that what God tears down cannot be rebuilt.

Jeremiah 13:19 Historical context

Jeremiah 13:19 shows God shutting up Judah's cities and exiling them — a historical instance of divine imprisonment as in Job.