Job 30:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב קִ֭וִּיתִי וַיָּ֣בֹא רָ֑ע וַֽאֲיַחֲלָ֥ה לְ֝א֗וֹר וַיָּ֥בֹא אֹֽפֶל

Transliteration

For ṭôḇ I qiwwîṯî and wayyāḇōʾ rāʿ, and I waʾăyaḥălâ for ʾôr and wayyāḇōʾ ʾōp̄el

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because/when
*ṭôḇ*: adjective, masculine singular - good
*qiwwîṯî*: verb, piel perfect, 1st person singular - I waited for/expected
*wayyāḇōʾ*: conjunction with verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and it came
*rāʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - evil/bad
*waʾăyaḥălâ*: conjunction with verb, piel imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - and I waited/hoped for
*lə-ʾôr*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - for light
*ʾōp̄el*: noun, masculine singular - darkness/gloom

Word Meanings

*ṭôḇ*: good/pleasant/agreeable
*qiwwîṯî*: waited for/expected/hoped for
*wayyāḇōʾ*: came/arrived
*rāʿ*: evil/bad/distress
*waʾăyaḥălâ*: waited for/hoped for/expected
*ʾôr*: light/daylight/brightness
*ʾōp̄el*: darkness/gloom/deep darkness

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Referenced Verses

Jer 8:15 : 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
Jer 14:19 : 19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
Job 3:25-26 : 25 For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me. 26 I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.
Job 18:6 : 6 The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
Job 18:18 : 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
Job 19:8 : 8 He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
Job 23:17 : 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
Job 29:18 : 18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:
Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.
Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.
Jer 15:18 : 18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful [brook], as waters that fail?
Mic 1:12 : 12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

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