Job 30:26
What does Job 30:26 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 30:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
KJV
King James Version · 1611When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Micah 1:12
For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.
- Job 18:6
The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
- Jeremiah 8:15
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
- Isaiah 50:10
Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.
- Jeremiah 14:19
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
- Job 19:8
He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
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