Job 27:14

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

Cross-reference

Job 21:11 Contrast

Job 21:11 shows wicked children dancing joyfully — the opposite of the sword and hunger here.

Job 21:12 Contrast

Job 21:12 has wicked children rejoicing with music — directly contrasting their fate of sword and hunger.

Job 5:4 Parallel

Job 5:4 directly states the wicked's children are crushed in the gate, a close parallel to Job 27:14's sword and hunger.

Job 1:18 Parallel

Job 1:18 recounts the death of Job's children, illustrating the kind of tragedy Job 27:14 attributes to the wicked.

1 Samuel 2:5 says she who has many children languishes, directly paralleling Job 27:14's offspring not satisfied with bread.

2 Kings 10:6–10 Historical context

2 Kings 10:6-10 records Jehu killing Ahab's sons — a direct fulfillment of children multiplied for the sword.

Esther 9:5–10 Historical context

Esther 9:5-10 describes Haman's ten sons killed — a clear example of the wicked's children falling by the sword.

Psalm 109:13 similarly curses the wicked's posterity to be cut off, echoing the fate of Job 27:14's children killed by sword.

Hosea 9:13 Parallel

Hosea 9:13 describes Ephraim's children brought to the slayer, matching the sword judgment on the wicked's offspring in Job 27:14.

Psalm 37:28 Parallel

Psalm 37:28 explicitly says the children of the wicked are cut off, directly paralleling Job's claim that they are multiplied for the sword.

Hosea 9:12 Parallel

Hosea 9:12 says God will bereave them of children, echoing Job's theme of the wicked's offspring being destroyed.

2 Kings 9:7 Historical context

2 Kings 9:7 commands smiting Ahab's house — a specific instance of the wicked's children being destroyed.

2 Kings 9:8 Historical context

2 Kings 9:8 says Ahab's whole house will perish — echoing the sword against the wicked's offspring.

Deuteronomy 28:32 describes children taken away and eyes failing — a parallel curse on offspring for disobedience.

Deuteronomy 28:41 says children go into captivity — another curse matching the fate of the wicked's children here.

Esther 5:11 Contrast

Esther 5:11 has Haman boasting of many children — ironically contrasting their later destruction by the sword.