Verse 26

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

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg håpet på godt, men ondskap kom; jeg ventet lys, men mørket nådde meg.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da jeg ventet på det gode, kom det onde til meg; da jeg ventet på lyset, kom mørket.

• Norsk King James

  Når jeg så etter godt, så kom det ondt til meg; og når jeg ventet på lys, kom det mørke.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men i stedet for det gode jeg ventet, kom det onde, og når jeg håpet på lys, kom mørket.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For jeg håpet på det gode, men det kom onde; jeg ventet på lys, men mørket kom.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da jeg ventet på det gode, kom det onde til meg; og da jeg håpet på lys, kom det mørke.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da jeg søkte etter det gode, kom ondskap over meg; da jeg ventet på lys, senket mørket seg.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Da jeg ventet på det gode, kom det onde til meg; og da jeg håpet på lys, kom det mørke.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For jeg ventet godt, og det onde kom, jeg håpet på lys, men det kom mørke.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men når jeg håpet på det gode, kom det onde; jeg ventet på lys, og mørket kom.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dog, der jeg forventede Godt, da kom det Onde, og der jeg haabede Lys, da kom Mørkhed.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da jeg ventet på godt, kom det onde til meg; og da jeg ventet lys, kom mørket.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da jeg ventet på godt, kom ondt; da jeg ventet på lys, kom mørke.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Når jeg ventet på godt, kom ondt, og jeg ventet på lys, men mørket kom.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da jeg ventet det gode, kom det onde; og da jeg ventet lys, kom mørket.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For jeg ventet godt, men ondt kom; jeg ventet lys, og det ble mørkt.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yet neuerthelesse where as I loked for good, euell happened vnto me: and where as I waited for light, there came darcknesse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Yet when I looked for good, euill came vnto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkenesse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Yet neuerthelesse, where as I loked for good, euyll came vnto me: & where I wayted for light, there came darkenesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Jer 8:15 : 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold, trouble!
• Jer 14:19 : 19 Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You struck us down, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, but behold, trouble!
• Job 3:25-26 : 25 For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me. 26 I was not in safety, nor had I rest, nor was I quiet; yet trouble came.
• Job 18:6 : 6 The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his lamp shall be put out with him.
• Job 18:18 : 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
• Job 19:8 : 8 He has fenced up my way so that I cannot pass, and He has set darkness in my paths.
• Job 23:17 : 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor has he covered the darkness from my face.
• Job 29:18 : 18 Then I said, 'I will die in my nest, and I will 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 among you fears the LORD, who obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely upon his God.
• Jer 15:18 : 18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? will you be altogether to me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
• Mic 1:12 : 12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited for good, but evil came down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.