Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The rivers flowing with honey and curds.
King James Version
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
Holman Bible
the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
International Standard Version
He won't look at the rivers the torrents of honey and curd.
A Conservative Version
He shall not look upon 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.
Amplified
“He does not look at the rivers,
The flowing streams of honey and butter [to enjoy his wealth].
Bible in Basic English
Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk.
Darby Translation
He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter.
Julia Smith Translation
He shall not look upon the streams, the rivers, the torrents of honey and curdled milk
King James 2000
He shall not see the rivers, the brooks flowing with honey and butter.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{He will not enjoy the streams}, [the] torrents of honey and curds.
Modern King James verseion
He shall not see the rivers, the flowings of the brooks of honey and butter,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
so that he shall no more see the rivers, and brooks of honey and butter.
NET Bible
He will not look on the streams, the rivers, which are the torrents of honey and butter.
New Heart English Bible
He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
The Emphasized Bible
Let him not see in the channels the flowings of torrents of honey and milk.
Webster
He shall not see the river, the floods, the brooks of honey and buttermilk.
World English Bible
He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
Youngs Literal Translation
He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.
Themes
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are multiplied
Brooks » Illustrative » Of temporal abundance
Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Spend, upon their appetite
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
16
The viper’s tongue slays him.
The rivers flowing with honey and curds.
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:13-14
And he ate the produce of the field;
And
Job 29:6
And the
Numbers 14:23
2 Samuel 17:29
honey, curds, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him,
2 Kings 7:2
Psalm 36:8-9
And You give them to drink of the
Psalm 81:16
And with
Isaiah 7:15
He will eat
Isaiah 7:22
and because of the abundance of the milk produced he will eat curds, for everyone that is left within the land will eat
Isaiah 41:17
And their tongue is parched with thirst;
I, the Lord,
As the God of Israel I
Jeremiah 17:6-8
And will not see when prosperity comes,
But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness,
A
Luke 16:24
Revelation 22:1
Then