Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

Cross-reference

Job 9:17 Parallel

In Job 9:17, Job again describes God breaking him with a tempest 'without cause' — reinforcing the theme of undeserved divine attack.

Job 16:12-14 develops the same arrow metaphor—God breaks Job like a target—making Job's complaint here more vivid.

Job 30:15 Parallel

In Job 30:15, terrors pursue Job's soul like wind — nearly identical language to the 'terrors of God' arrayed against him in Job 6:4.

Job 16:13 Parallel

In Job 16:13, archers surround him and pierce his kidneys with poison, directly matching the arrows and poison.

Job 18:11 Parallel

In Job 18:11, terrors chase him on every side, echoing the 'terrors of God' arrayed against Job.

Job 7:20 Parallel

In Job 7:20, Job asks why he is God's target, reinforcing the arrow imagery from Job 6:4.

Job 19:21 Parallel

In Job 19:21, he feels the hand of God striking him, a related but less specific image of divine affliction.

Job 22:10 Parallel

In Job 22:10, Eliphaz says snares and terror surround Job, similar to the terrors in Job 6:4.

Job 31:23 Parallel

In Job 31:23, Job speaks of destruction from God as a terror — similar dread of divine judgment, though here it's a fear rather than present experience.

Deuteronomy 32:42 describes God's arrows drunk with blood; Job says the arrows' poison drinks his spirit—a shared consuming metaphor.

Mark 15:34 Parallel

In Mark 15:34, Jesus' cry of forsakenness echoes Job's experience of being assaulted by God's terrors — both feel abandoned by God.

Lamentations 3:13 continues: 'He pierced my heart with arrows' — the same imagery of divine arrows piercing Job's spirit.

Lamentations 3:12 explicitly says God made him a target for his arrow, exactly mirroring Job's complaint of being aimed at.

Psalm 88:16 Parallel

In Psalm 88:16, God's fierce wrath and terrors 'cut off' the psalmist — directly paralleling Job's sense of being overwhelmed by God's terrors.

Psalm 88:15 Parallel

In Psalm 88:15, the psalmist suffers God's terrors and is distracted — matching Job's experience of divine arrows and terrors consuming his spirit.

Psalm 38:2 Allusion

Psalm 38:2 directly echoes Job: 'your arrows have pierced me' — a shared cry of being struck by God's arrows.

Psalm 7:13 Parallel

Psalm 7:13 says God ordains arrows against persecutors; Job experiences those arrows personally, using the same weaponry imagery.

Deuteronomy 32:23 warns God will spend His arrows on the unfaithful; Job applies this judgment imagery to his own suffering.

Psalm 64:7 Contrast

In Psalm 64:7, God shoots arrows at the wicked — a contrast to Job's experience of being hit by God's arrows.

Psalm 91:5 Contrast

Psalm 91:5 promises protection from terror and arrows, contrasting Job's experience of being pierced by divine arrows.

Lamentations 2:4 portrays God as an enemy bending his bow, directly echoing Job's 'arrows of the Almighty'.

Psalm 55:5 Parallel

In Psalm 55:5, David describes fear and horror overwhelming him, similar to Job's terrors.

Psalm 77:3 Parallel

Psalm 77:3 also describes being troubled by God and overwhelmed, echoing Job's complaint of divine terrors.

Psalm 18:14 Parallel

Psalm 18:14 uses arrow imagery for God scattering enemies, paralleling Job's sense of being personally targeted by divine arrows.

Psalm 45:5 Parallel

Psalm 45:5 depicts sharp arrows piercing enemies' hearts, paralleling Job's experience of being pierced by God's arrows.

Psalm 21:12 Parallel

Psalm 21:12 describes God aiming arrows at enemies' faces, a parallel to Job's feeling of being under divine arrow attack.

Ruth 1:20 Related theme

In Ruth 1:20, Naomi says the Almighty has dealt bitterly with her — similar to Job's complaint of God's bitter arrows, though in a different life context.