God’s Word Translation
Job 30:26
26When I waited for good, evil came. When I looked for light, darkness came.
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
24“But God doesn’t stretch out his hand against one who is ruined when that person calls for help in his disaster. 25Didn’t I cry for the person whose days were difficult? Didn’t my soul grieve for the poor? When I waited for good, evil came. When I looked for light, darkness came. 27My insides are churning and won’t calm down. Days of misery are ahead of me. 28I walk in the dark without the sun. I stand up in public and call for help.
Read all of Job 30Job 30:26 word by word
כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב קִ֭וִּיתִי וַיָּ֣בֹא רָ֑ע וַֽאֲיַחֲלָ֥ה לְ֝א֗וֹר וַיָּ֥בֹא אֹֽפֶל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 30:26
- Job 3:25What I fear most overtakes me. What I dread happens to me.
- Job 29:18“I thought, ‘I may die in my own house, but I will make my days as numerous as the sand.
- Jeremiah 8:15We hoped for peace, but nothing good has happened. We hoped for a time of healing, but there’s only terror.
- Jeremiah 14:19Have 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.
- Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable, refusing to heal? Will you disappoint me like a stream that dries up in summertime?
- Micah 1:12Wait anxiously for good, inhabitants of Maroth. From the Lord disaster will come on the gates of Jerusalem.
- Job 18:6The light in his tent becomes dark, and the lamp above him is snuffed out.
- Job 23:17But I am not silenced by the dark or by the thick darkness that covers my face.
- Psalms 97:11Light dawns for righteous people and joy for those whose motives are decent.
- Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the Lord and obeys his servant? Let those who walk in darkness and have no light trust the name of the Lord and depend upon their 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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