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Job Chapter 30 verse 26 Holy Bible

ASV Job 30:26

When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
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BBE Job 30:26

For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.
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DARBY Job 30:26

For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.
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KJV Job 30:26

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
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WBT Job 30:26

When I looked for good, then evil came: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
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WEB Job 30:26

When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.
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YLT Job 30:26

When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - When I looked for flood, then evil came unto me. Job was "looking for good," expecting fully the continuance of his great wealth and prosperity, when the sudden shock of calamity fell upon him It was wholly unexpected, and therefore the harder to bear. And when I waited for light, there came darkness. This may refer to periods, after his calamities began, when he had hopes that his prayers would be answered, and a rest or pause, an interval of repose, be granted him (Job 9:34; Job 10:20), but when his hopes were disappointed, and the darkness closed in upon him thicker and murkier than ever.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) When I looked for good.--Before, in Job 3:25-26, he had spoken as one who did not wish to be the fool of prosperity, and so overtaken unawares by calamity, and who therefore looked at things on the darker side; now he speaks as one who hoped for the best, and yet, notwithstanding that hope, was disappointed and deceived.