Parallel Verses
King James 2000
He shall not see the rivers, the brooks flowing with honey and butter.
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
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 slay him. 17 He shall not see the rivers, the brooks flowing with honey and butter. 18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: from the proceeds of business he shall not rejoice.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:13-14
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
Job 29:6
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
Numbers 14:23
Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to give unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
2 Samuel 17:29
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of cows, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
2 Kings 7:2
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.
Psalm 36:8-9
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fullness of your house; and you shall make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
Psalm 81:16
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied you.
Isaiah 7:15
Curds and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Isaiah 7:22
And it shall come to pass, from the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat curds: for curds and honey shall everyone eat that is left in the land.
Isaiah 41:17
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongues fail for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Jeremiah 17:6-8
For he shall be like the shrub in the desert, and shall not see when good comes; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited.
Luke 16:24
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Revelation 22:1
And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.