Job 30:26

Job chapter 30 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

v.26This passage

v.27My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me.

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.