Job 30:26

English Standard Version

26 But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came. (Job 10:21; Jer 8:15; Jer 14:19)

New International Version

26 Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.

New International Reader’s Version

26 I hoped good things would happen, but something evil came. I looked for light, but all I saw was darkness.

King James Version

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