Job 7:12

Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

Cross-references

Job 7:17 Parallel

In Job 7:17, Job marvels that God pays such attention to man, echoing his bewilderment in 7:12 about being guarded like a sea creature.

Job 7:20 Parallel

In Job 7:20, Job continues his lament, asking why God watches him — directly expanding the guard imagery from v12.

In Job 38:6-11, God describes his sovereign control over the sea, directly answering Job's complaint that he is being guarded like the sea.

Job 41:1 Allusion

Job 41 describes the powerful sea monster Leviathan, which Job references in 7:12 as a comparison for his own treatment.

Job 16:12 Parallel

Job 16:12 describes God setting him up as a target, similar to the sense of being guarded/hostile in 7:12.

Lamentations 3:7 describes being walled in and chained, echoing Job's feeling of being guarded by God in 7:12.