Job 20:17

In 11 translations

BSB

He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

KJV

He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.the floods…: or, streaming brooks

WEB

He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.

ASV

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

LSV

He does not look on streams, || Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.

YLT

He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.

DBY

He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter.

DRC

(Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.)

GNV

He shall not see the riuers, nor the floods and streames of honie and butter.

JPS

He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd.

LXXE

Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter.

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WLC

אַל־יֵ֥רֶא בִפְלַגּ֑וֹת נַהֲרֵ֥י נַ֝חֲלֵ֗י דְּבַ֣שׁ וְחֶמְאָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ ἴδοι ἄμελξιν νομάδων, μηδὲ νομὰς μέλιτος καὶ βουτύρου.

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• Deuteronomy 32:13–14He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag, with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat…
• Luke 16:24So he cried 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 this fire.’
• Job 29:6when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
• Psalms 36:8–9They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
• 2 Samuel 17:29honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
• Numbers 14:23not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
• Isaiah 7:22and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
• Isaiah 41:17The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
• Psalms 81:16But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
• 2 Kings 7:2But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you…
• Revelation 22:1Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
• Jeremiah 17:6–8He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose…
• Isaiah 7:15By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.

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