Job 30:26 “But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darknes…”

Job 30:26

But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Yet when I looked for good, euill came vnto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkenesse.

Darby Translation

For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.

Young's Literal Translation

When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.

Bible in Basic English

For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.

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Cross references

“When I looked”

Jeremiah 8:15 Jeremiah 14:19 Micah 1:12 Job 29:18 Jeremiah 15:18 Job 3:25

Jeremiah 8:15 · BSB

We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

Jeremiah 14:19 · BSB

Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.

Micah 1:12 · BSB

For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.

Job 29:18 · BSB

So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.

Jeremiah 15:18 · BSB

Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.

Job 3:25 · BSB

For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

“light”

Job 18:6 Job 23:17 Psalm 97:11 Isaiah 50:10 Job 18:18

Job 18:6 · BSB

The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

Job 23:17 · BSB

Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

Psalm 97:11 · BSB

Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.

Isaiah 50:10 · BSB

Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.

Job 18:18 · BSB

He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

Also

Job 19:8

Job 19:8 · BSB

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

27I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.

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