Ayub 30:26-27

30:26 But when I hoped for good, trouble came;

when I expected light, then darkness came.

30:27 My heart ¹  is in turmoil ²  unceasingly; ³ 

the days of my affliction confront me.

[30:27]  ¹ tn Heb “my loins,” “my bowels” (archaic), “my innermost being.” The latter option is reflected in the translation; some translations take the inner turmoil to be literal (NIV: “The churning inside me never stops”).

[30:27]  ² tn Heb “boils.”

[30:27]  ³ tn The last clause reads “and they [it] are not quiet” or “do not cease.” The clause then serves adverbially for the sentence – “unceasingly.”