Job 30:26
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 30 connects to 10 cross-references. The contrast with chapter 29 is stark: now Job is mocked by the worthless children of outcasts, abandoned by God who has become his adversary, and left to cry out in pain with no answer. He describes his wasting body …
Other Translations
When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.
For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.
Cross References
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come …
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and …
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!