Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
He shall not look upon the streams, the rivers, the torrents of honey and curdled milk
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.
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 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall kill him. 17 He shall not look upon the streams, the rivers, the torrents of honey and curdled milk 18 Turning back the labor, and he shall not swallow down: according to the substance of his exchange and he shall not exult
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:13-14
He will cause him to ride upon the heights of the land; He shall eat the produce of the field; And he shall suck honey from the rock, And oil from the flint of the rock
Job 29:6
In washing my goings with butter, and the rock will pour out with me streams of oil;
Numbers 14:23
If they shall see the land which I sware to their fathers, and all despising me shall not see it
2 Samuel 17:29
And honey and curdled milk, and sheep, and cheeses of kine, they brought near for David and for the people which Are with him, to eat; for they said the people are hungry and faint and thirsty in the desert.
2 Kings 7:2
And the third, which was to the king leaning upon his hand, will answer the man of God, and say, Behold, Jehovah making lattices in the heavens, will this word be? and he will say, Behold thee seeing with thine eyes, and from thence thou shalt not eat
Psalm 36:8-9
They shall satiate from the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt give them to drink the torrent of thy delights.
Psalm 81:16
And he shall cause them to eat from the fat of wheat, and from the rock with honey will I satisfy thee.
Isaiah 7:15
Curdled milk and honey he shall eat, for his knowing to reject in evil, and to choose in good.
Isaiah 7:22
And it was from the abundance of making milk he shall eat curdled milk; for curdled milk and honey shall eat all they being left in the midst of the land.
Isaiah 41:17
The poor and the needy seeking water, and none; their tongue failing in thirst, I Jehovah will answer them; the God of Israel, I will not forsake them.
Jeremiah 17:6-8
And he was as ruins in the sterile region, and he shall not see when good shall come; he inherited the arid places in the desert, a salt land, and it shall not be inhabited.
Luke 16:24
And he having called out, said, Father Abraham, pity me, and send Lazarus, that he might dip his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Revelation 22:1
And he showed me the pure river of the water of life, shining as crystal, going out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.