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


In Context

14 yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.

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

16 He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.

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

18 That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a 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 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 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.