Cross references

Job 3:5

May darkness and gloom reclaim it,

and a cloud settle over it;

may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

Job 3:5 BSB

Job 3:5 has 22 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Job 10:21–22 (6 votes) and Job 28:3 (6 votes). 22 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Deuteronomy 4 to Hebrews 12.

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Which verses does Job 3:5 point to?

The 20 strongest of 22, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom, to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

  2. Job 28:36 votes

    Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.

  3. Psalm 23:45 votes

    Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

  4. They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

  5. You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.

  6. Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

  7. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

  8. Isaiah 9:24 votes

    The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

  9. Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”

  10. Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

  11. Job 16:163 votes
  12. Job 24:173 votes
  13. Job 38:173 votes
  14. Luke 1:793 votes
  15. Joel 2:22 votes

    a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.

  16. Amos 5:82 votes

Which verses point to Job 3:5?

The 10 strongest of 22.