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Selected Verse: Job 30:26 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Job 30:26 |
Strong Concordance |
When I looked [06960] for good [02896], then evil [07451] came [0935] unto me: and when I waited [03176] for light [0216], there came [0935] darkness [0652]. |
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King James |
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
I may be allowed to crave help, seeing that, "when I looked for good (on account of my piety and charity), yet evil," &c.
light-- (Job 22:28). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
When I looked for good - When I supposed that respect would be shown me; or when I looked forward to an honored old age. I expected to be made happy and prosperous through life, as the result of my uprightness and benevolence; but, instead of that, calamity came and swept all my comforts away. He experienced the instability which most people are called to experience, and the divine dealings with him showed that no reliance could be placed on confident plans of happiness in this life. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Upon me - Yet trouble came upon myself, when I expected it not. |
28 Thou shalt also decree [01504] a thing [0562], and it shall be established [06965] unto thee: and the light [0216] shall shine [05050] upon thy ways [01870].