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 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 shows Job living 140 years and seeing four generations—fulfilling his earlier hope of multiplying days and dying in his nest.
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 describes the violent reversal of Job's ease, directly contrasting his earlier hope of dying in peace.
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 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 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 promises long life as a blessing, echoing Job's confident expectation of many days.