Job 30:26 Go deeper

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

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כִּ֤יkiif

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Job 30:26 word 1

ט֣וֹבTovgood

Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896B

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: good

Used 90 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 26:29, Numbers 10:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2896B; TAHOT Job 30:26 word 2

קִ֭וִּיתִיKi.vi.tiI waited for

Lemma: קָוָה (qa.vah) · Strong's: H6960A

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpp1cs)

Meaning: to await

Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 49:18, Job 3:9, Job 6:19, Job 7:2, Job 17:13, Psalms 25:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6960A; TAHOT Job 30:26 word 3

וַיָּ֣בֹאvai.Ya.vo'and it came

Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to come (in): come

Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Job 30:26 word 4

רָ֑עRa'evil

Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451B

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: bad: evil

Used 111 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 44:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451B; TAHOT Job 30:26 word 5

וַֽאֲיַחֲלָ֥הva.'a.ya.cha.Lahand I waited

Lemma: יָחַל (ya.chal) · Strong's: H3176H

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpc1cs)

Meaning: to wait: hope

Used 26 times. Also: Job 6:11, Job 13:15, Psalms 31:24, Psalms 33:18, Psalms 33:22, Psalms 42:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3176H; TAHOT Job 30:26 word 6

לְ֝א֗וֹרle.'orfor light

Lemma: אוֹר (or) · Strong's: H0216

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: light

Used 121 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 10:23, Judges 16:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0216; TAHOT Job 30:26 word 7

וַיָּ֥בֹאvai.Ya.vo'and it came

Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to come (in): come

Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Job 30:26 word 8

אֹֽפֶל\׃'O.feldarkness

Lemma: אֹ֫פֶל (o.phel) · Strong's: H0652

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: darkness

Used 9 times. Also: Job 3:6, Job 10:22, Job 23:17, Job 28:3, Psalms 11:2, Psalms 91:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0652; TAHOT Job 30:26 word 9

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

But when	→	כִּי H3588A for
I hoped for	→	קָוָה H6960A to await
good	→	טוֹב H2896B good
evil	→	רַע H7451B bad: evil
came	→	בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come
when I looked	→	יָחַל H3176H to wait: hope
for light	→	אוֹר H0216 light
darkness	→	אֹ֫פֶל H0652 darkness
fell	→	בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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