Job 30:26
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When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
In other translations
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 8:15We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
- Job 3:25-2625 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. 26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.25 For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me. 26 I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
- Jeremiah 14:19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
- Micah 1:12For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
- Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
- Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
- Isaiah 50:10Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
- Psalm 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
- Job 23:17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
- Job 18:18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
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