Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
When I waited for light,
King James Version
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Holman Bible
when I looked for light, darkness
International Standard Version
I have hoped for good, but evil came instead; I have hoped for light, but darkness came.
A Conservative Version
When I looked for good, then evil came. And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
American Standard Version
When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Amplified
“When I expected good, then came evil [to me];
And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
Bible in Basic English
For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.
Darby Translation
For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.
Julia Smith Translation
For I hoped for good and evil will come: and I shall wait for light and darkness will come.
King James 2000
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Indeed, I hoped for good, but evil came, and I waited for light, but darkness came.
Modern King James verseion
When I looked for good, then evil came; and when I waited for light, then darkness came.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yet nevertheless, whereas I looked for good, evil happened unto me; and whereas I waited for light, there came darkness.
NET Bible
But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.
New Heart English Bible
When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.
The Emphasized Bible
Surely, for good, I looked, but there came in evil, And I waited for light, but there came in darkness;
Webster
When I looked for good, then evil came: 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, there came darkness.
Youngs Literal Translation
When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.
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Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Says: I Am Being Punished By God
25
Was not my soul grieved for
When I waited for light,
Days of affliction confront me.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 8:15
For a time of healing, but behold, terror!
Job 3:25-26
And what I dread befalls me.
Jeremiah 14:19
Or have
Why have You stricken us so that we
We
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
Job 18:6
And his lamp goes out above him.
Job 18:18
And
Job 19:8
And He has put
Job 23:17
Nor
Job 29:18
And I shall multiply my days as the sand.
Psalm 97:11
And
Isaiah 50:10
That obeys the voice of His
That
Let him
Jeremiah 15:18
And my
Will You indeed be to me
With water that is unreliable?
Micah 1:12
Becomes weak
Because a calamity has come down from the Lord
To the