Job 3:10
Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
Cross-reference
Job 10:18 repeats the wish to have died at birth, echoing Job's curse of the womb doors not being shut.
Job 10:19 continues the same lament — being as though never born, strengthening Job's regret about his own birth.
In Job 6:2, Job wishes his grief could be weighed — continues the same complaint about his suffering from Job 3.
In Job 6:3, he says his grief is heavier than sand — further extension of the lament in Job 3.
In Job 10:1, Job loathes his life and gives bitter complaint — a later expression of the same despair as in Job 3.
In Job 23:2, Job's complaint is still bitter — continuing the theme of bitter lament from Job 3.
In Ecclesiastes 6:3-5, a stillborn child is considered better than a life of unsatisfied toil — echoes Job's wish he had never been born.
In Jeremiah 20:17, Jeremiah curses his birth, wishing he had been killed in the womb — directly parallels Job's lament.
In Ecclesiastes 4:3, it is better never to be born than to see evil — directly echoes Job's curse of his birth.
In Ecclesiastes 6:5, a stillborn child finds rest, never seeing trouble — mirrors Job's wish he had never been born.
In Exodus 16:3, Israelites wish they had died in Egypt instead of starving — parallels Job's wish to have never been born to avoid suffering.
In Genesis 20:18, God closes wombs as judgment; Job wishes his own mother's womb had been shut, so parallel theme of closed womb.
In Genesis 29:31, God opens Leah's womb; contrast with Job's wish that his mother's womb had been closed.
In Numbers 20:3, people wish they had perished with earlier rebels — similar to Job's lament about not being spared trouble.
In 1 Samuel 1:5, the LORD closes Hannah's womb; Job wishes his own mother's womb were closed — parallel of divine closure.
In Ecclesiastes 11:10, the preacher advises removing vexation and pain, contrasting Job's bitter lament over his birth.