Job 17:14 uses similar imagery of kinship with death and decay, reinforcing Job's despair.

Psalm 102:6 compares the psalmist to a lonely owl in the wilderness, paralleling Job's identification with desolate creatures.

Isaiah 13:22 pairs jackals with ostriches in the same desolation scene, mirroring Job's companions of ruin.

Micah 1:8 explicitly uses the same pair—jackals and ostriches—as a simile for mourning, confirming this as a biblical idiom.

Malachi 1:3 uses jackals as a symbol of desolation after judgment, similar to Job's self-identification with them.