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


In Context

23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living.

24 Indeed, no prayer availeth when he stretcheth out his hand: though they cry when he destroyeth.

25 Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy?

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

27 My bowels well up, and rest not; days of affliction have confronted me.

28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up, I cry 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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