Job 20:17

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Summary

Job 20:17

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

Shall not see

The rivers

Of honey

Bible References

Shall not see

They will not see the land about which I made an oath to their fathers; not one of these by whom I have not been honoured will see it.

Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.

For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.

And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.

The rivers

The delights of your house will be showered on them; you will give them drink from the river of your pleasures.

The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.

For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.

And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,

Of honey

He put him on the high places of the earth, his food was the increase of the field; honey he gave him out of the rock and oil out of the hard rock;

And honey and butter and sheep and milk-cheeses, for David and his people: for they said, This people is in the waste land, needing food and drink and rest.

I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.

Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.