Job 20:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ They will not look on the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and curds.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ He shall not see the rivers, The floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter [to enjoy his wealth].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ They won’t experience streams, rivers of honey, and brooks of cream.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ (May he never see the streams of the river, the torrents of honey and butter.)

Job 20:17 Cross References

Luke 16:24

He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames.’

Job 29:6

when my steps were washed with milk and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Isaiah 41:17

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Isaiah 7:22

and will eat curds because of the abundance of milk that they give, for everyone left in the land shall eat curds and honey.

Isaiah 7:15

He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.

Psalm 81:16

I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

2 Kings 7:2

Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “Even if the Lord were to make windows in the sky, could such a thing happen?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat from it.”

2 Samuel 17:29

honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, “The troops are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

Numbers 14:23

shall see the land that I swore to give to their ancestors; none of those who despised me shall see it.

Genesis 18:8

Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared and set it before them, and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.

Isaiah 36:17

until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.