Job 3:3
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Cross-references
Job 3:1
Historical context
Job 3:1 sets the scene: 'Job cursed the day of his birth' — it introduces the very curse spoken in verse 3.
Job 10:18
Parallel
In Job 10:18, Job similarly laments being brought from the womb, wishing he had died unseen — a parallel lament to his birth-day curse.
Job 10:19
Parallel
Job 10:19 continues the wish to have been carried from womb to grave — reinforcing the same desire to have never existed.
Jeremiah 15:10
Parallel
Jeremiah 15:10 echoes Job's cry, 'Woe to me, my mother, that you bore me!' — a parallel curse on one's birth.
Jeremiah 20:14
Allusion
Jeremiah 20:14 nearly quotes Job, 'Cursed be the day I was born!' — a direct parallel showing shared lament.
Jeremiah 20:15
Related theme
Jeremiah 20:15 extends the curse to the messenger who announced a son's birth — expanding on the same birth-day theme.