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 Mais celui qui va périr n’étend-il pas les mains? Celui qui est dans le malheur n’implore-t-il pas du secours?

25 N’avais-je pas des larmes pour l’infortuné? Mon cœur n’avait-il pas pitié de l’indigent?

26 J’attendais le bonheur, et le malheur est arrivé; J’espérais la lumière, et les ténèbres sont venues.

27 Mes entrailles bouillonnent sans relâche, Les jours de la calamité m’ont surpris.

28 Je marche noirci, mais non par le soleil; Je me lève en pleine assemblée, et je crie.

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What Does Job 30:26 Mean?

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