Job 17:13

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

Cross-reference

Job 17:1 Parallel

Job 17:1 already declares his breath corrupt and graves ready — reinforcing the same deathbed despair as Job 17:13.

Job 10:21 Parallel

Job 10:21 describes the land of darkness and shadow of death — the same destination Job makes his bed in Job 17:13.

Job 10:22 Parallel

Job 10:22 elaborates on that dark land as chaotic and lightless — deepening the imagery of Job 17:13's bed in darkness.

Job 30:23 Parallel

Job 30:23 echoes the same image of death as a 'house' — the appointed destination for all living.

Job 14:10 Parallel

Job 14:10 asks 'where is he?' after death — reinforcing Job's view of the grave as a final, dark home.

Job 14:14 Contrast

Job 14:14 expresses hopeful waiting for change after death — contrasting with Job 17:13's despair of waiting only for the grave.

Job 33:22 Parallel

Job 33:22 describes the soul drawing near to the grave — a similar image of approaching death as in Job's lament.

Job 36:20 Contrast

Job 36:20 warns against desiring the night of death — while Job has already made his bed in that darkness.

Psalm 27:14 Contrast

Psalm 27:14 urges waiting on the Lord with courage — directly opposing Job 17:13's hopeless waiting for Sheol.

Psalm 139:8 Contrast

Psalm 139:8 uses the same 'make my bed in Sheol' imagery — but there God is present, unlike Job's despair.

Lamentations 3:25 promises God's goodness to those who wait for Him — a stark contrast to Job 17:13's waiting for the grave.

Lamentations 3:26 calls for quiet hope in God's salvation — opposite to Job 17:13's resigned expectation of death.

Psalm 49:14 Parallel

Psalm 49:14 describes the grave as a dwelling where the wicked are laid — echoing Job's image of the grave as his house.

Ecclesiastes 12:5 calls death 'going to one's long home' — directly paralleling Job's view of the grave as his house and bed.

Isaiah 57:2 Contrast

Isaiah 57:2 describes the righteous resting in peace on their beds — contrasting Job's dark, hopeless bed in Sheol.

Isaiah 14:11 uses similar grave and worm imagery to describe the king of Babylon's downfall — echoing Job's lament of making his bed in darkness.