Job 30:26-28

King James Version

²⁶When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

²⁷My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

²⁸I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

Job 30:26-28

New American Standard Bible

²⁶When I ^(A)expected good, evil came;
When I waited for light, ^(B)darkness came.
²⁷^[a]I am seething ^(C)within and cannot rest;
Days of misery confront me.
²⁸I go about ^[b]^(D)mourning without comfort;
I stand up in the assembly and ^(E)cry out for help.

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Footnotes

Job 30:27 Lit My inward parts are boiling
Job 30:28 Or blackened, but not by the heat of the sun

Job 30:26-28

New International Version

²⁶Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
    when I looked for light, then came darkness.^(A)
²⁷The churning inside me never stops;^(B)
    days of suffering confront me.^(C)
²⁸I go about blackened,^(D) but not by the sun;
    I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.^(E)