King James Version
Job 30:26 in the King James Version says “When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.” — study this verse from Job chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.”
Job 30:26 · King James Version
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. grave: Heb. heap
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble ? was not my soul grieved for the poor? in trouble: Heb. hard of day?
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
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(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“When I looked”
H6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e., collect; (figuratively) to expect
“for light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
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