Job 30:26 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Job 30:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 30:269 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֤יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

ט֣וֹבṭwōb

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

קִ֭וִּיתִיqiwiytiy

gatherverbH6960

look · patiently · tarry · wait (for ···

וַ/יָּ֣בֹאwayābōʾ

abideconjH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

רָ֑עrāʿ

adversityadjH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

וַֽ/אֲיַחֲלָ֥הwaʾăyaḥălāh

(cause toconjH3176

have · make to) hope · be pained · stay ···

לְ֝/א֗וֹרləʾwōr

brightpronH216

clear · day · light · morning ···

וַ/יָּ֥בֹאwayābōʾ

abideconjH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

אֹֽפֶלʾōpel

darknessnounH652

obscurity · privily

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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