Bible verse
But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
Job 30:26 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 30.
22 You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.
23 Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
24 Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.
25 Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
26 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
27 I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.
28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
29 I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
30 My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
KJV
When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me]: 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.
ERV
When I looked for good, then evil came; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
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