Job 3:16
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
Cross-reference
Job 33:28
Contrast
Job 33:28 promises deliverance to see light, the opposite of Job's desire for a stillborn who never sees light.
Psalm 58:8
Parallel
Psalm 58:8 uses the same 'untimely birth' metaphor for the wicked vanishing without seeing the sun, echoing Job's wish.
Numbers 12:12
Parallel
Numbers 12:12 describes a stillborn as half-consumed from the womb, mirroring Job's wished-for state of never seeing light.
Ecclesiastes 6:3
Parallel
Ecclesiastes 6:3 declares a stillborn better than a long life without goodness, agreeing with Job's wish from a wisdom perspective.
Jeremiah 20:17
Parallel
Jeremiah 20:17 echoes Job's curse, wishing his mother's womb had been his grave—a parallel lament over birth.