Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Yet nevertheless, whereas I looked for good, evil happened unto me; and whereas I waited for light, there came darkness.

New American Standard Bible

“When I expected good, then evil came;
When I waited for light, then darkness came.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

But when I hoped for good, evil came;
when I looked for light, darkness came.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קוה 
Qavah 
Usage: 49


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

unto me and when I waited
יחל 
Yachal 
Usage: 41

אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

Context Readings

Job Says: I Am Being Punished By God

25 Did not I weep in the time of trouble? Had not my soul compassion upon the poor? 26 Yet nevertheless, whereas I looked for good, evil happened unto me; and whereas I waited for light, there came darkness. 27 My bowels seeth within me, and take no rest, for the days of my trouble are come upon me.



Cross References

Jeremiah 8:15

We looked for peace, and we fair not the better; we waited for the time of health, and lo, here is nothing but trouble.

Job 3:25-26

For the thing that I feared is come upon me: and the thing that I was afraid of, is happened unto me.

Jeremiah 14:19

"Hast thou then utterly forsaken Judah?" said I, "Doest thou so abhor Zion? Or hast thou so plagued us, that we can be healed no more? We looked for peace, and there cometh no good: for the time of health, and lo, here is nothing but trouble.

Job 18:6

The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his candle shall be put out with him.

Job 18:18

he shall be driven from the light into darkness, and cast clean out of the world.

Job 19:8

"He hath hedged up my way, that I cannot pass; he hath set darkness in my gate.

Job 23:17

Thus can I not get out of darkness, the cloud hath so covered my face.

Job 29:18

"Therefore, I thought verily that I should have died in my nest: and that my days should have been as many as the sands of the sea.

Psalm 97:11

There is sprung up a light for the righteous, and a joyful gladness for such as are true hearted.

Isaiah 50:10

Therefore, whoso feareth the LORD among you, let him hear the voice of his servant. Who so walketh in darkness, and no light shineth upon him, let him trust in the LORD and hold him by his God.

Jeremiah 15:18

Shall my heaviness endure forever? Are my plagues then so great, that they may never be healed? Wilt thou be as a water that faileth, and cannot continue?"

Micah 1:12

The rebellious city hopeth that it shall not be so evil: but for all that, the plague shall come from the LORD, even in to the port of Jerusalem.

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