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Job 30:26
26So I looked for good, but evil came instead. I waited for the light, but darkness fell.
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“Surely no one would turn against the needy when they cry for help in their trouble. 25Did I not weep for those in trouble? Was I not deeply grieved for the needy? So I looked for good, but evil came instead. I waited for the light, but darkness fell. 27My heart is troubled and restless. Days of suffering torment me. 28I walk in gloom, without sunlight. I stand in the public square and cry for help.
Read all of Job 30Job 30:26 word by word
כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב קִ֭וִּיתִי וַיָּ֣בֹא רָ֑ע וַֽאֲיַחֲלָ֥ה לְ֝א֗וֹר וַיָּ֥בֹא אֹֽפֶל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 30:26
- Job 3:25What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true.
- Job 29:18“I thought, ‘Surely I will die surrounded by my family after a long, good life.
- Jeremiah 8:15We hoped for peace, but no peace came. We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.’
- Jeremiah 14:19Lord, have you completely rejected Judah? Do you really hate Jerusalem? Why have you wounded us past all hope of healing? We hoped for peace, but no peace came. We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.
- Jeremiah 15:18Why then does my suffering continue? Why is my wound so incurable? Your help seems as uncertain as a seasonal brook, like a spring that has gone dry.”
- Micah 1:12The people of Maroth anxiously wait for relief, but only bitterness awaits them as the Lord’s judgment reaches even to the gates of Jerusalem.
- Job 18:6The light in their tent will grow dark. The lamp hanging above them will be quenched.
- Job 23:17Darkness is all around me; thick, impenetrable darkness is everywhere.
- Psalms 97:11Light shines on the godly, and joy on those whose hearts are right.
- Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the Lord and obeys his servant? If you are walking in darkness, without a ray of light, trust in the Lord and rely on your 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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