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

will ever see the land that I promised to their ancestors. Those who spurned me won't see it.

But the royal attendant on whom the king depended responded to the man of God: "Look here! Even if the LORD were to open a window in the sky, how could this happen?" He replied, "No, you look! You'll see it with your eyes, but you won't eat any of it!"

He will be like a bush in the desert, and he won't see when good comes. He will dwell in parched places in the wilderness, a land of salt, without inhabitants.

So he shouted, "Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool off my tongue, because I am suffering in this fire.'

The rivers

They are refreshed from the abundance of your house; You cause them to drink from the river of your pleasures.

"As for the poor, the needy, those seeking water when there is none and their tongues are parched from thirst I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, won't abandon them.

He will be like a bush in the desert, and he won't see when good comes. He will dwell in parched places in the wilderness, a land of salt, without inhabitants.

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal. It was flowing from the throne of God and the lamb.

Of honey

He mounted him on a high place above the earth, feeding him from the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and with oil from the flint rock,

honey, cheeses, sheep, and cheese made from cow's milk for David and his entourage because they had been reasoning, "The people are hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the wilderness."

But I will feed Israel with the finest wheat, satisfying you with honey from the rock. A Psalm of Asaph

He'll eat cheese and honey, when he knows enough to reject what's wrong and choose what's right.