Job 38:1

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Cross-reference

Job 37:9 Parallel

In Job 37:9, Elihu mentions the tempest (same Hebrew word as whirlwind), directly linking to the whirlwind in Job 38:1.

Job 40:6 Parallel

Job 40:6 repeats the same phrase — God again answers Job out of the whirlwind, marking a second divine speech.

Job 40:1 Parallel

Job 40:1 continues God's speech to Job — the same whirlwind theophany that began in Job 38:1.

Job 11:5 Parallel

In Job 11:5, Zophar wishes God would speak — here in Job 38:1, that wish is granted as God answers Job from the whirlwind.

Job 31:35 Parallel

In Job 31:35, Job demands that God answer him — here in Job 38:1, God finally responds from the whirlwind.

Job 37:2 Parallel

In Job 37:2, Elihu describes the roar of God's voice, directly echoing the storm from which God speaks in Job 38:1.

Job 37:1 Parallel

In Job 37:1, Elihu's heart trembles at God's thunder, foreshadowing the whirlwind theophany where God answers Job.

In Deuteronomy 4:11, the Sinai theophany includes fire, cloud, and darkness, similar to the stormy manifestation in Job 38:1.

Nahum 1:3 Parallel

In Nahum 1:3, God's way is in whirlwind and storm — directly echoing the theophanic whirlwind from which God speaks in Job.

In 1 Kings 19:11, a powerful wind comes but the LORD is not in it, contrasting with Job 38:1 where God speaks from the whirlwind.

In Deuteronomy 5:22-24, God proclaims the commandments from fire, cloud, and darkness, a theophany like the whirlwind in Job 38:1.

In Deuteronomy 4:12, the LORD speaks from the fire, paralleling God speaking from the whirlwind in Job 38:1.

In Exodus 19:16-19, God descends on Sinai with thunder, lightning, and cloud, a parallel theophany to God speaking from the whirlwind in Job.

In 2 Kings 2:11, a whirlwind also appears as a divine vehicle — here it carries Elijah to heaven, while in Job it's the setting for God's speech.

2 Kings 2:1 Parallel

In 2 Kings 2:1, a whirlwind takes Elijah to heaven, a different use of the same storm imagery as God's speaking in Job 38:1.

Ezekiel 1:4 Parallel

In Ezekiel 1:4, a whirlwind introduces Ezekiel's vision of God's glory — similar theophanic imagery to the whirlwind in Job.

In Matthew 17:5, a voice from a cloud echoes God's theophany from the whirlwind — both are divine revelations from a cloud.