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


In Context

14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

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

18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away an house, and he shall not build it up.

Job 20:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:17He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:17(Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.)

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:17He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:17He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:17He shall not see the river, the floods, the brooks of honey and buttermilk.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:17He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:17He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.