Job 30:26
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.In other versions
When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
ASV
For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.
BBE
For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.
DBY
When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.
WEB
When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.
YLT
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
ENG
When I looked for good, then evil came: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
WBT
But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
BSB
In context
24Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
26When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.