Job 30:26

²⁴ Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

²⁵ Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

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

²⁷ I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.

²⁸ I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
KJV: When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
WEB: When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.
ASV: When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
DARBY: For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.
BLB: And, I hoped for good, and evil came; and I waited for light, and darkness came.

ÅB: For jeg ventet godt, men det kom ondt; jeg håpet på lys, men det kom mørke.
OTB: Når jeg håpet på godt, kom det onde;
når jeg ventet på lys, kom mørket.
B1930: For jeg ventet godt, men det kom ondt; jeg håpet på lys, men det kom mørke.

Jeremiah 8:15
We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
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Jeremiah 14:19
Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
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Job 3:25–26
For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
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Psalms 97:11
Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
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Micah 1:12
For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 50:10
Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
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Job 23:17
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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Job 19:8
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
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