Job 30:26 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Job 30:26 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 30:26 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 30:26 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.”

Job 30:26 — World English Bible

Job 30:26 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Job 30:26 — American Standard Version

Job 30:26 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.”

Job 30:26 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 30:26 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness. ”

Job 30:26 — Darby Translation

Job 30:26 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Yet when I looked for good, euill came vnto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkenesse.”

Job 30:26 — Geneva Bible

Job 30:26 in Context — Job 30

24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

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

27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

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What Does Job 30:26 Mean?

Job 30:26 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 30. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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