Job 9:17
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Cross-references
In Job 2:3, God says he destroyed Job 'without reason' — the same phrase Job uses in his complaint.
In Job 2:7, Satan strikes Job with sores — an example of the 'multiplied wounds' Job laments.
In Job 16:14, Job uses the same 'breach upon breach' imagery to describe God breaking him repeatedly.
In Job 16:17, Job claims innocence despite wounds — reinforcing the 'without cause' theme.
In Job 34:6, Job says his wound is incurable though he is without transgression — echoing undeserved suffering.
In Job 1:14-19, a great wind crushes the house, the very tempest Job later complains about.
Job 6:4 depicts God's arrows and poison, mirroring the tempest and wounds in Job 9:17—both describe divine assault.
Job 34:5 quotes Job's claim of righteousness and God denying justice, directly echoing Job 9:17's 'without cause'.
Job 40:2 is God's challenge to Job's contention, responding directly to Job 9:17's complaint of being crushed without cause.
Job 33:9 quotes Job's claim of innocence, which underlies his assertion in Job 9:17 that God wounds him without cause.
Job 35:2 quotes Job saying his righteousness exceeds God's, linked to his complaint of unjust suffering in Job 9:17.
In Psalm 83:15, God persecutes enemies with tempest and storm — directly matching Job’s 'breaketh me with a tempest'.
In Jeremiah 23:19, a whirlwind of the LORD falls on the wicked — same Hebrew root for storm, used as divine punishment.
In Matthew 12:20, the Messiah does not break a bruised reed — contrasting God crushing Job with a tempest.
In John 9:3, Jesus says suffering is not due to sin — parallel to Job's 'without cause' affliction.
In Psalm 42:7, the psalmist is overwhelmed by God’s waves and billows — same tempest imagery as Job’s affliction.
In Isaiah 28:17, hail and flood sweep away refuge — storm imagery of divine judgment, thematically similar to Job’s tempest.
In Ezekiel 13:13, God sends stormy wind and hail in fury — storm imagery of judgment paralleling Job’s personal tempest.