Job 30:26
World English Bible (WEB)
When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.
In context
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, darkness came.
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 every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.
- KJV King James Version
- When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
- 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.