Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
I have hoped for good, but evil came instead; I have hoped for light, but darkness came.
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
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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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 30:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Says: I Am Being Punished By God
25 Haven't I wept for the one who is going through hard times? Haven't I grieved for the needy? 26 I have hoped for good, but evil came instead; I have hoped for light, but darkness came. 27 I'm boiling mad inside, and I won't remain silent; the time for my affliction to confront me has arrived.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 8:15
We waited for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but instead there was terror.
Job 3:25-26
For the dreaded thing that I feared has happened to me, what caused me to worry has engulfed me.
Jeremiah 14:19
Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you despise Zion? Why have you struck us, so that there is no healing for us? We hoped for peace, but no good came, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
Job 18:6
Light in his tent is dark, and his lamp goes out above him.
Job 18:18
He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape.
Job 19:8
He blocked my path, so I cannot pass; and he turned out the lights on my pathways.
Job 23:17
Nevertheless, I haven't been silenced because of the darkness, even when thick darkness obscures my vision."
Job 29:18
"I used to say: "I will die in my home. I'm going to live as many days as there are grains of sand on the shore.
Psalm 97:11
Light shines on the righteous; gladness on the morally upright.
Isaiah 50:10
Who among you fears the LORD, obeying the voice of his servant, who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely upon his God.
Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You are like a deceptive brook, whose waters cannot be depended on.
Micah 1:12
Even though the inhabitants of Maroth long for success, nevertheless evil descended from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.