Job 36:20

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Cross-reference

Job 3:20 Parallel

In Job 3:20, Job laments why light is given to the miserable — the very longing for death that Elihu warns against here.

Job 3:21 Parallel

In Job 3:21, Job describes those who long for death and dig for it — the exact attitude Elihu cautions against in this verse.

Job 6:9 Parallel

In Job 6:9, Job wishes God would crush him — a desire for death that Elihu here warns not to long for.

Job 7:15 Parallel

In Job 7:15, Job prefers strangling and death over his bones — the same yearning for the night that Elihu rebukes.

Job 14:13 Parallel

In Job 14:13, Job wishes to be hidden in Sheol — the very refuge of death that Elihu tells him not to long for.

Job 17:13 Parallel

In Job 17:13, Job hopes for Sheol as his house — the night and darkness Elihu warns against desiring.

Job 17:14 Parallel

In Job 17:14, Job calls the pit his father and the worm his family — embracing death, which Elihu here forbids longing for.

Luke 12:20 Parallel

Luke 12:20 records God telling the rich fool 'This night your soul is required' — a direct parallel to the night when people vanish, showing the folly of longing for it.