26When I looked for good, then evil came to me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.


In Context

23 For I know that you will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

24 However, he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

26 When I looked for good, then evil came to me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

Job 30:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:26When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me:] and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

30:26Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:26I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

30:26When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:26For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

30:26When I looked for good, then evil came; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:26When I looked for good, then evil came: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:26When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:26When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.