Job 30:26

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

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

Job 30:26 — American Standard Version

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Context — Job 30

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23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.

24Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?

25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

26When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

27My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me.

28I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

29I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.

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