Job 17:1

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

Cross-references

Job 19:17 Parallel

Job 19:17 also mentions his breath being offensive, directly linking to Job 17:1's 'my breath is corrupt'.

Job 42:16 Contrast

Job 42:16 records Job's later long life, contrasting with his earlier declaration that graves were ready.

Job 33:22 Parallel

In Job 33:22, Elihu describes a man whose soul draws near the pit — echoing Job's own cry of imminent death in 17:1.

Job 6:11 Parallel

Job 6:11 questions his strength and hope, paralleling the despair of Job 17:1's 'days are extinct'.

Psalm 88:3-5 describes life drawing near the grave and being counted among the dead, closely paralleling Job's 'graves are ready'.

Isaiah 38:10-14 records Hezekiah's lament over impending death, echoing Job's despair and sense of being cut off.

Psalm 88:4 Parallel

Psalm 88:4 laments being counted among those who go down to the pit — a direct parallel to Job's declaration that the grave is ready for him.

Psalm 88:15 Parallel

Psalm 88:15 speaks of being afflicted and close to death from youth — mirroring Job's sense of a broken spirit and approaching end.

Isaiah 38:12 uses tent and loom metaphors for life ending — similar to Job's 'my days are extinct' but from Hezekiah's illness, not Job's suffering.