Job 30:26
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
In context
24 Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.
25 Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
26 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
27 I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction 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 every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
- KJV King James Version
- When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
- WEB World English Bible
- When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.
- ASV American Standard Version
- When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.
- WBS Webster Bible
- When I looked for good, then evil came: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.