JOB 30:26 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) I waited for good, but it was evil that came.
 ⇔ ≈I waited for light, but it was gloom that came.

Key: yellow:verbs.
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ULT For I hoped (for good, but bad came,
⇔ and let me wait for light, but darkness comes.

UST I am asking for help because although I expected good things to happen to me, evil things happened instead.
⇔ It was as if I was waiting for dawn but another night started instead of a new day.

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

OEB For instead of the good I had hoped for came evil,
⇔ Instead of the light I waited came darkness.

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

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

LSV When I expected good, then comes evil,
And I wait for light, and darkness comes.

FBV But when I looked for good, only evil came, and when I waited for the light, all that came was darkness.

T4T But when I expected good things to happen to me, evil things happened;
⇔ when I waited for light/happiness, all I experienced was darkness/unhappiness [MET].

LEB • and I waited for light, but darkness came.

BBE For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.

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JPS Yet, when I looked for good, there came evil; 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.

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

YLT When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.

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

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

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

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

BB Yet neuerthelesse, where as I loked for good, euyll came vnto me: & where I wayted for light, there came darkenesse.
(Yet neverthelesse, where as I looked for good, evil came unto me: and where I wayted for light, there came darkness.)

GNV Yet when I looked for good, euill came vnto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkenesse.
(Yet when I looked for good, evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. )

CB Yet neuerthelesse where as I loked for good, euell happened vnto me: and where as I waited for light, there came darcknesse.
(Yet neverthelesse where as I looked for good, evil happened unto me: and where as I waited for light, there came darknessse.)

WYC Y abood goodis, and yuelis ben comun to me; Y abood liyt, and derknessis braken out.
(I abood goods, and evils been comun to me; I abood light, and darkness braken out.)

LUT Ich wartete des Guten, und kommt das Böse; ich hoffte aufs Licht, und kommt Finsternis.
(I wartete the Guten, and kommt the Böse; I hoffte onto light, and kommt darkness.)

CLV Expectabam bona, et venerunt mihi mala: præstolabar lucem, et eruperunt tenebræ.[fn]
(Expectabam good, and venerunt mihi mala: præstolabar lucem, and eruperunt tenebræ.)

30.26 Exspectabam bona, et venerunt mihi mala. Fidelis populus exspectat bona, sed mala suscipit. Præstolabar lucem, et eruperunt tenebræ. Præstolatur lucem, et tenebras incurrit, quia pro remunerationis gratia interesse jam gaudiis angelorum sperat, et tamen hic diutius dilatus, manus persequentium tolerat, ut Tobias.

30.26 Exspectabam good, and venerunt mihi mala. Fidelis populus exspectat good, but mala suscipit. Præstolabar lucem, and eruperunt tenebræ. Præstolatur lucem, and tenebras incurrit, because pro remunerationis gratia interesse yam gaudiis angelorum sperat, and tamen this diutius dilatus, manus persequentium tolerat, as Tobias.

BRN But I, when I waited for good things, behold, days of evils came the more upon me.

BrLXX ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπέχων ἀγαθοῖς, ἰδοὺ συνήντησάν μοι μᾶλλον ἡμέραι κακῶν.
(egō de epeⱪōn agathois, idou sunaʸntaʸsan moi mallon haʸmerai kakōn. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּ֤י

that/for/because/then/when

Job is using the word For to introduce the reason why he has been saying that he can legitimately appeal for help. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “I can legitimately appeal for help because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ט֣וֹב & וַ⁠יָּ֣בֹא רָ֑ע

good & and,came evil

Job is using the adjectives good and bad as nouns to mean certain kinds of things. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate these words with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: “for good things … but bad things happened to me instead”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ֝⁠א֗וֹר וַ⁠יָּ֥בֹא אֹֽפֶל

for,light and,came darkness

Job is speaking as if helpful things were literally light and harmful things were literally darkness. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “for helpful things, but harmful things happen instead”

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