Job 7:16

I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

Cross-reference

In Job 3:20-22, Job longs for death, digging for it like treasure — directly reinforcing his loathing of life in 7:16.

Job 6:9 Parallel

In Job 6:9, Job asks God to cut him off — a direct parallel to his wish to be free from life in 7:16.

Job 10:1 Parallel

In Job 10:1, Job says his soul is weary of life — a clear parallel to his loathing in 7:16.

Job 10:20 Parallel

In Job 10:20, Job asks to be left alone because his days are few — a direct echo of his plea in 7:16.

Job 14:6 Parallel

In Job 14:6, Job echoes his plea to be left alone, reinforcing the same desperate desire for respite from suffering.

Job 9:21 Parallel

In Job 9:21, Job uses the exact phrase 'I loathe my life,' reinforcing the same despair and self-revulsion from chapter 7.

Job 16:7 Parallel

Job 16:7 repeats the same despair — 'God has worn me out' — matching the loathing of life in 7:16.

In 1 Kings 19:4, Elijah asks for death, feeling his life is futile — a strong parallel to Job's loathing and desire to be left alone.

Psalm 39:13 Parallel

In Psalm 39:13, David directly mirrors Job's request for God to look away, expressing the same longing for release before death.

Jonah 4:8 Parallel

In Jonah 4:8, Jonah again wishes to die from the heat — reinforcing the same death-wish pattern seen in Job's lament.

Jonah 4:3 Parallel

In Jonah 4:3, Jonah prays for death, echoing Job's despair — both prefer death over their current suffering.

Psalm 144:4 Parallel

In Psalm 144:4, man is directly called a breath and his days a shadow, closely matching Job's description of life's brevity.

Revelation 9:6 describes people longing to die but death flees — directly parallels Job's wish for death in 7:16.

Jeremiah 8:3 says death will be preferred to life — directly mirrors Job's desire for death in 7:16.

Ecclesiastes 2:17 expresses hatred of life because all is vanity — nearly identical to Job's despising his life.

Psalm 78:39 Parallel

Psalm 78:39 describes humans as fleeting wind that passes — directly parallel to Job's 'my days are a breath'.

In Ecclesiastes 6:12, life is described as vain and passing like a shadow, paralleling Job's sense of fleeting existence.

Psalm 39:10 Parallel

In Psalm 39:10, David asks God to remove His affliction, paralleling Job's cry for relief from divine pressure.

Psalm 78:33 Related theme

In Psalm 78:33, God makes days vanish like a breath, echoing Job's lament that his days are a breath, though in a judgment context.

Psalm 62:9 Related theme

In Psalm 62:9, the metaphor of humans as a breath reinforces Job's view of life's fleeting, insubstantial nature.