Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3588 [e] כִּ֤י kî but when Conj 2896 [e] ט֣וֹב ṭō-wḇ good N-ms 6960 [e] קִ֭וִּיתִי qiw-wî-ṯî I looked for V-Piel-Perf-1cs 935 [e] וַיָּ֣בֹא way-yā-ḇō and came [to me] Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 7451 [e] רָ֑ע rā‘; evil Adj-ms 3176 [e] וַֽאֲיַחֲלָ֥ה wa-’ă-ya-ḥă-lāh and when I waited Conj-w | V-Piel-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs 216 [e] לְ֝א֗וֹר lə-’ō-wr, for light Prep | N-cs 935 [e] וַיָּ֥בֹא way-yā-ḇō then came Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 652 [e] אֹֽפֶל׃ ’ō-p̄el. darkness N-ms

New American Standard Bible
"When I expected good, then evil came; When I waited for light, then darkness came.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness came.

When I looked

Job 3:25,26 For the thing which I greatly feared is come on me, and that which …

Job 29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

Jeremiah 8:15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, …

Jeremiah 14:19 Have you utterly rejected Judah? has your soul loathed Zion? why …

Jeremiah 15:18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to …

Micah 1:12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil …

light

Job 18:6,18 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be …

Job 23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered …

Psalm 97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Isaiah 50:10 Who is among you that fears the LORD, that obeys the voice of his …

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