Job 20:17 “He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream…”

Job 20:17

He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

World English Bible

He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.

American Standard Version

He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.

Geneva Bible 1599

He shall not see the riuers, nor the floods and streames of honie and butter.

Darby Translation

He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter.

Young's Literal Translation

He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.

Bible in Basic English

Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk.

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Cross references

“shall not see”

Luke 16:24 Numbers 14:23 2 Kings 7:2 Jeremiah 17:6–8

Luke 16:24 · BSB

So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

Numbers 14:23 · BSB

not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.

2 Kings 7:2 · BSB

But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will…

Jeremiah 17:6–8 · BSB

He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.

“the rivers”

Isaiah 41:17 Revelation 22:1 Psalm 36:8 Psalm 36:9 Jeremiah 17:6

Isaiah 41:17 · BSB

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Revelation 22:1 · BSB

Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Psalm 36:8 · BSB

They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

Psalm 36:9 · BSB

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

Jeremiah 17:6 · BSB

He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.

“of honey”

2 Samuel 17:29 Psalm 81:16 Isaiah 7:15 Isaiah 7:22 Deuteronomy 32:13 Deuteronomy 32:14

2 Samuel 17:29 · BSB

honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

Psalm 81:16 · BSB

But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Isaiah 7:15 · BSB

By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.

Isaiah 7:22 · BSB

and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.

Deuteronomy 32:13 · BSB

He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

Deuteronomy 32:14 · BSB

with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.

Also

Job 29:6

Job 29:6 · BSB

when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

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