Job 30:26
King James Version (KJV)
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
In context
24 Howbeit 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 unto 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 every translation
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
- 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.