Job 7:6

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

Cross-reference

Job 9:25 Parallel

Job 9:25 says days are swifter than a post and see no good — identical metaphor of fleeting, hopeless life.

Job 16:22 Parallel

Job 16:22 speaks of going the way of no return — the same hopeless end his swift days are rushing toward.

Job 17:11 Parallel

Job 17:11 says days are past and purposes broken — directly correlating with his days spent without hope.

Job 17:15 Parallel

Job 17:15 directly asks 'where then is my hope?' — echoing the 'without hope' in 7:6, deepening the theme of hopelessness.

Job 6:11 Parallel

In Job 6:11, Job asks about his strength and end, expressing similar despair over life's futility and lack of hope.

Job 8:9 Parallel

Job 8:9 says our days are a shadow — Bildad's speech parallels Job's own lament about life's brevity and swiftness.

Job 10:20 Parallel

In Job 10:20, he repeats the plea for his few days to end and asks for a moment's joy, echoing the same despair over life's brevity.

Job 11:18 Contrast

In Job 11:18, Zophar promises hope and security, directly opposing Job's claim that his days end without hope.

Job 14:1 Parallel

In Job 14:1, the theme continues: mortals have few days and trouble, reinforcing Job's lament about swift, hopeless days.

1 Peter 1:24 quotes Isaiah: all flesh is like grass that withers — reinforcing the fleeting nature of life that Job laments.

1 Peter 1:13 exhorts believers to set their hope fully on grace — the opposite of Job's despairing 'without hope' in his swift days.

James 4:14 Parallel

In James 4:14, life is likened to a vanishing mist — directly paralleling Job's 'swifter than a weaver's shuttle' and the brevity of life.

Isaiah 38:12 uses the same weaver's loom imagery — life cut off — directly echoing Job's 'weaver's shuttle' metaphor.

Proverbs 14:32 says the righteous have refuge in death, contrasting Job's claim of having no hope in his fleeting days.

Psalm 102:11 compares days to a fading shadow and grass, directly matching Job's lament about life's swift and hopeless end.

Psalm 39:5 Parallel

In Psalm 39:5, the psalmist likewise laments that days are a handbreadth and life a breath, matching Job's image of fleeting time.

Isaiah 40:6 Parallel

Isaiah 40:6 declares all flesh is grass — a universal statement on human frailty that underlies Job's personal lament.

Isaiah 40:7 Parallel

Isaiah 40:7 expands on the grass/flower fading — a divine perspective on transience that echoes Job's hopeless end.

Psalm 103:16 completes the flower image — wind blows and it's gone, reinforcing Job's sense of life's fleetingness and loss.

Psalm 144:4 Parallel

Psalm 144:4 compares life to a vapor and shadow, similar to Job's metaphor of a weaver's shuttle — both stress brevity.

Psalm 103:15 uses the flower-of-the-field image for human frailty, paralleling Job's weaver's shuttle metaphor for transient life.

Ephesians 2:12 describes Gentiles as 'having no hope' without Christ — a spiritual hopelessness that parallels Job's temporal hopelessness.

James 1:11 Parallel

James 1:11 uses the grass-flower withering to illustrate life's fleeting nature, similar to Job's weaver's shuttle metaphor.

Psalm 90:6 Parallel

Psalm 90:6 uses the same image of fleeting life — grass that flourishes in morning and withers by evening, echoing Job's complaint about days passing swiftly.

Psalm 90:5 Parallel

Psalm 90:5 likens human days to a flood and sleep — the same transience Job laments with a weaver's shuttle.