They are thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.
Job 30:26 - New Revised Standard Version But when I looked for good, evil came; and when I waited for light, darkness came. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: And when I waited for light, there came darkness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But when I looked for good, then evil came to me; and when I waited for light, there came darkness. American Standard Version (1901) When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness. Common English Bible for I awaited good, but evil came; I expected light, but gloom arrived. Catholic Public Domain Version I expected good things, but evil things have come to me. I stood ready for light, yet darkness burst forth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out. |
They are thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.
He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon my paths.
If only I could vanish in darkness, and thick darkness would cover my face!
Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days like the phoenix;
Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light, yet trusts in the name of the Lord and relies upon his God?
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us; we wait for light, and lo! there is darkness; and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
Have you completely rejected Judah? Does your heart loathe Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no healing for us? We look for peace, but find no good; for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.
Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Truly, you are to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail.
We look for peace, but find no good, for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.
For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, yet disaster has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.