Job 3:3referencesJeremiah 20:14-18
Both Job and Jeremiah express a deep lament over their birth, wishing they had never been born due to their immense suffering.
Thematic focusSuffering, Lament, Despair.
Cross-References — Job 3
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Job 3:11referencesEcclesiastes 4:2-3
Job questions why he did not die at birth, similar to the Preacher in Ecclesiastes who considers the dead more fortunate than the living.
Thematic focusDeath, Suffering, The Value of Life.
Job 3:20-22referencesRevelation 9:6
Job speaks of those who long for death but it does not come, which is echoed in Revelation where people seek death during the tribulation but cannot find it.
Thematic focusDespair, Longing for Death, Suffering.
Job 3:25referencesProverbs 10:24
Job's fear of calamity coming upon him is paralleled in Proverbs, which states that what the wicked dread will overtake them.
Thematic focusFear, Calamity, Divine Justice.