Job 30:26
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 30
“When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.”Job 30:26
What Does Job 30:26 Mean?
Job 30:26 is found in the book of Job, chapter 30, verse 26 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (17)
These passages are connected to Job 30:26 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 8:15“We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!”Job 3:25“For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.”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!”Lamentations 3:2“He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.”Job 18:6“The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.”Job 19:8“He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.”Job 23:17“Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.”Psalms 97:11“Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.”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.”Isaiah 59:9“Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.”Micah 1:12“For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.”Job 3:9“Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:”Job 18:18“He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.”Job 29:18“Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.”Psalms 30:7“LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.”Psalms 42:9“I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”Jeremiah 15:18“Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?”
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