Verse List for JOB 30:26

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B I ◄ ← Job 30:26 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Iyyov (All still tentative.)

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

OET-LV If/because good I _waited _for and_it _came evil and_I _waited for_light and_it _came gloom.

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

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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 • Indeed, I hoped for good, but evil came,
• 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.

Moff I hoped for good, and evil came, ⇔  I waited for the light, and darkness fell;

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.

Drby 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.

SLT For I hoped for good and evil will come: and I shall wait for light and darkness will come.

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

KJB-1769 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

KJB-1611 When I looked for good, then euill came vnto mee: and when I waited for light, there came darkenes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

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

Gnva 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.)

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

Wycl Y abood goodis, and yuelis ben comun to me; Y abood liyt, and derknessis braken out.
(I abode/stayed goods, and evils been coming to me; I abode/stayed light, and darkness broke out.)

Luth Ich wartete des Guten, und kommt das Böse; ich hoffte aufs Licht, und kommt Finsternis.
(I waited the good_(things/ones), and comes the evil/evil_(person); I hoffte onto light(n), and comes darkness.)

ClVg Expectabam bona, et venerunt mihi mala: præstolabar lucem, et eruperunt tenebræ.[fn]
(Expectabam good(s), and they_came to_me evil: beforestolabar the_light, and eruperunt darkness(pl).)

UHB כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב קִ֭וִּיתִי וַ⁠יָּ֣בֹא רָ֑ע וַֽ⁠אֲיַחֲלָ֥ה לְ֝⁠א֗וֹר וַ⁠יָּ֥בֹא אֹֽפֶל׃ ‡

BrLXX ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπέχων ἀγαθοῖς, ἰδοὺ συνήντησάν μοι μᾶλλον ἡμέραι κακῶν.

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