Job 30:26

²⁴ Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

²⁵ Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

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

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

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

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

Compare

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 looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
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Jeremiah 14:19
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
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Job 3:25–26
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
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Psalms 97:11
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
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Micah 1:12
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 50:10
Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
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Job 23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
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Job 19:8
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
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