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Job 30:26
26Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)So I looked for good, but evil came instead. I waited for the light, but darkness fell.
Context of Job 30:26
24“Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man when he cries for help in his distress. 25Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor? Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness. 27The churning inside me never stops; days of suffering confront me. 28I go about blackened, but not by 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
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Cross-references for Job 30:26
- Job 3:25What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me.
- Job 29:18“I thought, ‘I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
- Jeremiah 8:15We hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there is only terror.
- Jeremiah 14:19Have you rejected Judah completely? Do you despise Zion? Why have you afflicted us so that we cannot be healed? We hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there is only terror.
- Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain unending and my wound grievous and incurable? You are to me like a deceptive brook, like a spring that fails.
- Micah 1:12Those who live in Maroth writhe in pain, waiting for relief, because disaster has come from the Lord, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
- Job 18:6The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.
- Job 23:17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
- Psalms 97:11Light shines on the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.
- Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on 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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