Job30:26 - Bible Gateway

Job 30:26

KJ21

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

ASV

When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

AMP

“When I expected good, then came evil [to me]; And when I waited for light, then came darkness.

AMPC

But when I looked for good, then evil came to me; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

BRG

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

CSB

But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness came.

CEB

for I awaited good, but evil came; I expected light, but gloom arrived.

CJB

Yet when I hoped for good, what came was bad; when I expected light, what came was darkness.

CEV

But when I beg for relief and light, all I receive are disaster and darkness.

DARBY

For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.

DRA

I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.

ERV

But when I hoped for good, trouble came instead. When I looked for light, darkness came.

EASY

But when I hoped for good things to happen, trouble came instead. When I looked for light to shine on me, everything became dark.

EHV

But when I waited for good, evil came. When I hoped for light, darkness came.

ESV

But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.

ESVUK

But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.

EXB

But when I hoped for ·good [or the best], only ·evil [or the worst] came to me; when I ·looked [waited] for light, darkness came.

GNV

Yet when I looked for good, evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

When I waited for good, evil came. When I looked for light, darkness came.

GNT

I hoped for happiness and light, but trouble and darkness came instead.

HCSB

But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness came.

ICB

But when I hoped for good, only evil came to me. When I looked for light, darkness came.

ISV

I have hoped for good, but evil came instead; I have hoped for light, but darkness came.

JUB

When I expected good, then evil came unto me; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

KJV

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

AKJV

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

LSB

When I hoped for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, then thick darkness came.

LEB

Indeed, I hoped for good, but evil came, and I waited for light, but darkness came.

TLB

I therefore looked for good to come. Evil came instead. I waited for the light. Darkness came.

MSG

“What did I do to deserve this? Did I ever hit anyone who was calling for help? Haven’t I wept for those who live a hard life, been heartsick over the lot of the poor? But where did it get me? I expected good but evil showed up. I looked for light but darkness fell. My stomach’s in a constant churning, never settles down. Each day confronts me with more suffering. I walk under a black cloud. The sun is gone. I stand in the congregation and protest. I howl with the jackals, I hoot with the owls. I’m black-and-blue all over, burning up with fever. My fiddle plays nothing but the blues; my mouth harp wails laments.”

MEV

When I looked for good, then evil disaster came upon me; and when I waited for light, darkness came.

NOG

When I waited for good, evil came. When I looked for light, darkness came.

NABRE

Yet when I looked for good, evil came; when I expected light, darkness came.

NASB

When I expected good, evil came; When I waited for light, darkness came.

NASB1995

“When I expected good, then evil came; When I waited for light, then darkness came.

NCB

Yet when I hoped for good, only evil came; when I looked for light, there was only darkness.

NCV

But when I hoped for good, only evil came to me; when I looked for light, darkness came.

NET

But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.

NIRV

I hoped good things would happen, but something evil came. I looked for light, but all I saw was darkness.

NIV

Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.

NIVUK

Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.

NKJV

But when I looked for good, evil came to me; And when I waited for light, then came darkness.

NLV

When I expected good, then trouble came. When I waited for light, darkness came.

NLT

So I looked for good, but evil came instead. I waited for the light, but darkness fell.

NRSVA