Job 9:18

He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

Cross-reference

Job 3:20 Parallel

Job 3:20 asks why light is given to the bitter in soul, directly continuing the theme of bitterness from Job 9:18.

Job 7:19 Parallel

Job 7:19 pleads for God to leave him alone, echoing Job 9:18's desire for respite from bitterness.

Job 21:25 Parallel

Job 21:25 describes dying in bitterness of soul, directly echoing the bitterness in Job 9:18.

Psalm 88:7 Parallel

Psalm 88:7 describes God's wrath and waves of affliction, paralleling Job 9:18's being filled with bitterness without respite.

Psalm 88:15-18 depicts continuous suffering and isolation, echoing Job 9:18's unrelenting bitterness and loss of breath.

Lamentations 3:15 uses the exact phrase 'filled me with bitterness,' mirroring Job's experience in Job 9:18.

Lamentations 3:19 recalls affliction with wormwood and gall, synonymous with the bitterness that fills Job in Job 9:18.

1 Samuel 1:10 shows Hannah weeping bitterly in prayer, a parallel to Job's bitterness before God.

Psalm 39:13 Parallel

Psalm 39:13 asks God to spare him for recovery, similar to Job 9:18's plea for relief from affliction.

Proverbs 14:10 Related theme

Proverbs 14:10 similarly notes bitterness known only to the heart — here Job describes the bitterness God fills him with.

Lamentations 3:18 expresses loss of hope under affliction, paralleling Job's despair of God not allowing respite.