American Standard Version
Job 30:26
26When I looked for good, then evil came;And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Job 30:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
- New International Version (NIV)Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But when I looked for good, evil came to me; And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
Context of Job 30:26
24Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help? 25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy? When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness. 27My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me. 28I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
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כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב קִ֭וִּיתִי וַיָּ֣בֹא רָ֑ע וַֽאֲיַחֲלָ֥ה לְ֝א֗וֹר וַיָּ֥בֹא אֹֽפֶל׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 30:26
- Job 3:25For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.
- Job 29:18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:
- Jeremiah 8:15We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
- Jeremiah 14:19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
- Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?
- Micah 1:12For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.
- Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
- Job 23:17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
- Psalms 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.
- Isaiah 50:10Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.
Commentaries on Job 30:26
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26When I looked for good - When I supposed that respect would be shown me; or when I looked forward to an honored old age. I expected to be made happy and prosperous through life, as the result of my uprightness and benevolence; but, instead of that, calamity came and swept all my comforts away. He experienced the instability which most people are called to experience, and the divine dealings with him showed that no reliance could be placed on confident…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-31Verses 15-31 Job complains a great deal. Harbouring hard thoughts of God was the sin which did, at this time, most easily beset Job. When inward temptations join with outward calamities, the soul is hurried as in a tempest, and is filled with confusion. But woe be to those who really have God for an enemy! Compared with the awful state of ungodly men, what are all outward, or even inward temporal afflictions? There is something with which Job comforts…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. I may be allowed to crave help, seeing that, "when I looked for good (on account of my piety and charity), yet evil," &c. light--(Job 22:28).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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