Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
{He will not enjoy the streams}, [the] torrents of honey and curds.
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.
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 will suck [the] poison of horned vipers; [the] viper's tongue will kill him. 17 {He will not enjoy the streams}, [the] torrents of honey and curds. 18 Returning [the] products of [his] toil, he will not swallow; according to the profit of his trade, {he will not enjoy},
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:13-14
And he set him on the high places of [the] land, and he fed [him] the crops of [the] field, and he nursed him with honey from crags, and [with] oil from flinty rock,
Job 29:6
when my paths were washed in sour milk, and [the] rock poured out streams of oil for me.
Numbers 14:23
they will not see the land that I swore by oath to their ancestors, and all those who despised me will not see it.
2 Samuel 17:29
honey, curds, sheep, cheese, and cattle for David and for the people who [were] with him to eat. For they had thought, "The troops [are] hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness."
2 Kings 7:2
Then the officer {on whom the king relied} answered the man of God and said, "Look, [even if] Yahweh [is] making windows in heaven, could this thing happen?" And he said, "Look, you [will be] seeing [it] with your eyes, but you shall not eat from it there."
Psalm 36:8-9
They are refreshed with the {fullness} of your house, and you give them drink [from] the river of your delights.
Psalm 81:16
But he would feed him from [the] choicest wheat, and I would satisfy you with honey from a rock."
Isaiah 7:15
He shall eat curds and honey until he knows to reject the evil and to choose the good.
Isaiah 7:22
And this shall happen: because of the abundance of milk production, he will eat curds, for every one that is left in the midst of the land will eat curds and honey.
Isaiah 41:17
The poor and the needy [are] seeking water and [there is] none; their tongue is dried up with thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Jeremiah 17:6-8
And he will be like a juniper in the wilderness, and he will not see when good comes, and he will dwell [in the] parched places in the desert, [in] a land of salt flats, where no one lives.
Luke 16:24
And he called out [and] said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he could dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering pain in this flame!'
Revelation 22:1
And he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb