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
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.
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.
In Job 16:13, archers surround him and pierce his kidneys with poison, directly matching the arrows and poison.
In Job 18:11, terrors chase him on every side, echoing the 'terrors of God' arrayed against Job.
In Job 7:20, Job asks why he is God's target, reinforcing the arrow imagery from Job 6:4.
In Job 19:21, he feels the hand of God striking him, a related but less specific image of divine affliction.
In Job 22:10, Eliphaz says snares and terror surround Job, similar to the terrors in Job 6:4.
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.
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.
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.
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 directly echoes Job: 'your arrows have pierced me' — a shared cry of being struck by God's arrows.
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.
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 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'.
In Psalm 55:5, David describes fear and horror overwhelming him, similar to Job's terrors.
Psalm 77:3 also describes being troubled by God and overwhelmed, echoing Job's complaint of divine terrors.
Psalm 18:14 uses arrow imagery for God scattering enemies, paralleling Job's sense of being personally targeted by divine arrows.
Psalm 45:5 depicts sharp arrows piercing enemies' hearts, paralleling Job's experience of being pierced by God's arrows.
Psalm 21:12 describes God aiming arrows at enemies' faces, a parallel to Job's feeling of being under divine arrow attack.
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.