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


In Context

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

24 |However doesn't one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?

25 Didn't I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?

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

27 My heart is troubled, and doesn't rest. Days of affliction have come on me.

28 I go mourning without 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 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 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.