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


In Context

23 I know you will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

24 "Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.

25 Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?

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

27 The churning inside me never stops; days of suffering confront me.

28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

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 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.

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.