Job 14:1

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

Cross-reference

Job 5:7 Parallel

Job 5:7 states man is born to trouble as sparks fly upward, directly affirming the 'full of trouble' part of this verse.

Job 7:1 Parallel

Job 7:1 compares human life to hard service and hired days, reinforcing the same theme of toil and brevity.

Job 7:6 Parallel

Job 7:6 pictures days swift as a weaver's shuttle ending without hope, echoing the 'few of days' lament.

Job 9:25 Parallel

Job 9:25 compares days to a swift runner fleeing without good, paralleling the brevity and trouble of life.

Job 15:14 Allusion

Job 15:14 echoes 'born of a woman' to question human purity, reinforcing Job 14:1's theme of innate frailty.

Job 25:4 Parallel

Job 25:4 uses the same 'born of woman' phrase to argue human impurity before God, mirroring the condition stated here.

Job 10:20 Parallel

In Job 10:20, Job himself laments 'Are not my days few?' seeking relief, directly paralleling his earlier statement.

Genesis 47:9 has Jacob call his years 'few and evil', directly mirroring Job's description of life's brevity and trouble.

Psalm 39:5 Parallel

Psalm 39:5 declares days as mere handbreadths and life a breath, reinforcing the theme of transience.

Ecclesiastes 2:23 directly mirrors Job 14:1: 'all his days are full of sorrow, and his work a vexation'.

In Ecclesiastes 2:17, the Preacher also hates life because of its grievous vanity, echoing Job's 'full of trouble'.

James 4:14 Parallel

James 4:14 describes life as a vanishing mist — directly parallel to Job's 'few of days and full of trouble' in depicting human transience.

Genesis 3:17 Historical context

Genesis 3:17 traces the origin of life's trouble to the curse on the ground after the Fall, grounding Job's observation.

Luke 12:19 Contrast

Luke 12:19 depicts a man assuming many years ahead — directly contradicting Job's assertion that life is few of days and full of trouble.

Matthew 11:28 offers rest to the heavy-laden — directly addressing the trouble-filled life Job laments, turning despair into invitation.

In Jeremiah 20:18, the prophet echoes Job's complaint — life as labor, sorrow, and shame — reinforcing the theme of troubled existence.

Psalm 144:4 Parallel

Psalm 144:4 says man is like a breath and his days like a passing shadow, directly paralleling Job's brevity of life.

Psalm 103:15 compares man's days to grass and flowers, emphasizing transience similar to Job's 'few of days'.

Psalm 89:47 Parallel

Psalm 89:47 asks God to remember how short man's time is, calling it vanity — a direct echo of Job 14:1.

In Ecclesiastes 6:5, the stillborn never sees the sun yet has rest — contrasting Job's lament that life is brief and trouble-filled.

Psalm 51:5 Allusion

Psalm 51:5 speaks of being conceived in sin, deepening the idea of trouble from birth beyond mere brevity.

Psalm 78:33 Parallel

Psalm 78:33 recounts God making Israel's days vanish like breath in terror, a historical instance of short, troubled life.

In 1 Corinthians 7:29, Paul declares the time is short — echoing Job's perspective on life's brevity with an eschatological urgency.