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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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 30:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Says: I Am Being Punished By God
25
Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard? Was I not grieved for the needy?
26
When I waited for light,
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 8:15
We waited for peace, but no good came. We waited for a time of healing, but all we got was terror!
Job 3:25-26
What I feared has come upon me. What I dreaded has happened to me.
Jeremiah 14:19
Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you despise Zion? Why have you struck us so hard that we cannot heal? We hope for peace, but no good comes from it. We hope for a time of healing, but there's only terror.
Job 18:6
The light in his tent becomes dark. The lamp beside him will be put out.
Job 18:18
He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.
Job 19:8
God has blocked my path so that I cannot go on. He has made my path dark.
Job 23:17
But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom that covers me.
Job 29:18
Then I thought: I shall die in my nest (house), and I shall multiply my days like the grains of sand.
Psalm 97:11
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Isaiah 50:10
Who among you respects Jehovah and obeys his servant? Let those who walk in darkness and have no light trust the name of Jehovah and depend upon their God.
Jeremiah 15:18
Why do I suffer constant pain? Why is my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you indeed be to me like a deceptive stream with water that is unreliable?
Micah 1:12
The inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because bad came down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.