Job 29:18

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

Cross-references

Job 5:26 Parallel

Job 5:26 promises a ripe old age like a sheaf gathered in season—paralleling Job's expectation of dying in his nest after many days.

Job 42:16 Parallel

Job 42:16 shows Job living 140 years and seeing four generations—fulfilling his earlier hope of multiplying days and dying in his nest.

Job 42:17 Parallel

Job 42:17 records Job dying old and full of days—directly realizing his earlier thought of dying in his nest with a long life.

Job 16:12 Contrast

Job 16:12 describes the violent reversal of Job's ease, directly contrasting his earlier hope of dying in peace.

Job 30:26 Contrast

Job 30:26 laments that good hoped for turned to evil, contrasting the confident expectation of long life in Job 29:18.

Psalm 30:6 Parallel

Psalm 30:6 mirrors Job's false confidence: 'I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved'—both express naive security in prosperity.

Jeremiah 49:16 warns Edom that though they make their nest high, God will bring them down—contrasting Job's hope of dying in his nest with divine judgment.

Obadiah 1:4 Contrast

Obadiah 1:4 declares that even if one's nest is set among the stars, God will bring them down—contrasting Job's secure nest with inevitable humiliation.

Habakkuk 2:9 pronounces woe on those who build their nest through evil gain—contrasting Job's righteous confidence with the wicked's false security.

Jeremiah 22:23 uses the same 'nest' imagery for false security, but warns of coming pain—contrasting Job's peaceful expectation with impending judgment.

Numbers 24:21 uses 'nest' as a secure dwelling, paralleling Job's confidence in dying safely in his nest.

Psalm 91:16 Parallel

Psalm 91:16 promises long life as a blessing, echoing Job's confident expectation of many days.