Job 30:26 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

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

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

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

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

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

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

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

English God's Word - GW 1995

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

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

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

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

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

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

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

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

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

English Tyndale 1537

Yet nevertheless where as I looked for good, evil happened unto me: and where as I waited for light, there came darkness.

Job 30:26 — Compare Translations