Job 20:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.”
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BSBPD
“He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 20:17 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 14:23not 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.
- Deuteronomy 32:13He 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,
- 2 Samuel 17:29honey, 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.”
- 2 Kings 7:2But 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 not eat any of it.”
- Job 29:6when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
- Psalms 36:8They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
- Psalms 81:16But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
- Isaiah 7:15By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
- Isaiah 7:22and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
- Isaiah 36:17until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
- Isaiah 41:17The 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.
- Jeremiah 17:6He 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.
- Luke 16:24So 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.’
- Revelation 22:1Then 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
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