Job 16:13

His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

Cross-reference

Job 6:4 Parallel

Job 6:4 speaks of the arrows of the Almighty piercing him, directly matching the archer imagery in Job 16:13.

Job 20:25 Parallel

Job 20:25 describes the wicked's gall being pierced — the same bodily imagery of judgment that Job uses for his own suffering.

Lamentations 2:11 says 'my bile is poured out to the ground' — identical phrasing to Job's 'pours out my gall on the ground' in a lament over destruction.

Lamentations 3:13 says God shot arrows into his kidneys, a nearly identical image to Job's experience of being slashed open.

Ezekiel 5:11 uses the same phrase 'I will not spare' in God's judgment on Jerusalem, mirroring Job's experience of divine severity.

2 Peter 2:5 Parallel

2 Peter 2:5 recalls that God 'did not spare the ancient world' — the same language of divine judgment without mercy seen in Job's lament.

Lamentations 3:12 uses the same archery metaphor — God bends his bow and sets the speaker as a target.

Romans 8:32 Contrast

Romans 8:32 says God 'did not spare his own Son' — a striking contrast: in Job, God does not spare the sufferer; in Romans, He spares not His Son for our sake.

Deuteronomy 29:20 describes God's refusal to forgive under the covenant curse, paralleling Job's claim that God does not spare him.

Psalm 7:12 Parallel

Psalm 7:12 shows God bending his bow as a judge, a similar image to the archers surrounding Job.

Psalm 7:13 Parallel

Psalm 7:13 describes God preparing fiery arrows, paralleling the archers' attack on Job.

Psalm 88:17 Allusion

Psalm 88:17 uses similar 'compassed round about' imagery of affliction, echoing Job's sense of being surrounded by God's arrows.