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


In Context

14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him.

15 He will spit out the riches he swallowed; God will make his stomach vomit them up.

16 He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him.

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

18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.

19 For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.

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 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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:17He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams 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.