In Job 33:28, Elihu speaks of being redeemed from the pit — the opposite of Job's hope going down to dust.

Job 3:17-19 describes death as a place of rest — a parallel to Job's expectation of descending to dust in 17:16, both expressing hope in death's peace.

Job 33:18-28 speaks of being saved from the pit — a contrast to Job's expectation of descending to dust in 17:16.

Psalm 88:4-8 echoes Job's descent to the pit and darkness — a parallel lament of being cut off from God's care.

Psalm 143:7 uses the same phrase 'go down to the pit' — a plea not to be abandoned to death like Job's expectation.

In Ezekiel 37:11, Israel laments 'our hope is lost' — echoing Job's despair of hope descending to the dust.

Isaiah 38:17 thanks God for keeping from the pit — a contrast to Job's expectation of descending to the pit.

Isaiah 38:18 states that those who go down to the pit cannot hope — similar to Job's loss of hope in descending to dust.

Jonah 2:6 describes being brought up from the pit — a contrast to Job's expectation of remaining in the dust.

In 2 Corinthians 1:9, Paul feels the sentence of death but trusts in God who raises — contrasting Job's hopeless descent.