Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream. New Living Translation They will never again enjoy streams of olive oil or rivers of milk and honey. English Standard Version He will not look upon the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and curds. Berean Standard Bible He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream. King James Bible He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. New King James Version He will not see the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and cream. New American Standard Bible “He does not look at the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and curds. NASB 1995 “He does not look at the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and curds. NASB 1977 “He does not look at the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and curds. Legacy Standard Bible He does not look at the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and curds. Amplified Bible “He does not look at the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter [to enjoy his wealth]. Christian Standard Bible He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and curds. Holman Christian Standard Bible He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream. American Standard Version He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter. Contemporary English Version and never enjoy rivers flowing with milk and honey. English Revised Version He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter. GOD'S WORD® Translation He won't be able to drink from the streams or from the rivers of honey and buttermilk. Good News Translation They will not live to see rivers of olive oil or streams that flow with milk and honey. International Standard Version He won't look at the rivers— the torrents of honey and curd. Majority Standard Bible He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream. NET Bible He will not look on the streams, the rivers, which are the torrents of honey and butter. New Heart English Bible He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter. Webster's Bible Translation He shall not see the river, the floods, the brooks of honey and buttermilk. World English Bible He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHe does not look on streams, "" Flowing of brooks of honey and butter. Young's Literal Translation He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter. Smith's Literal Translation He shall not look upon the streams, the rivers, the torrents of honey and curdled milk. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims Bible(Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.) Catholic Public Domain Version (May he never see the streams of the river, the torrents of honey and butter.) New American Bible He shall see no streams of oil, no torrents of honey or milk. New Revised Standard Version They will not look on the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and curds. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHe shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated He will not see the tributaries of rivers, and of torrents of honey and of butter OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and curd. Brenton Septuagint Translation Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked…16He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him. 17He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream. 18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.… Cross References Proverbs 5:15-18 Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well. / Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? / Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers. ... Jeremiah 31:12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. Isaiah 55:1-2 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! / Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods. Psalm 36:8 They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights. Psalm 63:5 My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You. Isaiah 12:3 With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring. Joel 3:18 And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias. Amos 9:13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow. John 4:13-14 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. / But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.” John 7:37-38 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’” Revelation 21:6 And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life. Revelation 22:1 Then 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 Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely. Treasury of Scripture He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. shall not see Numbers 14:23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: 2 Kings 7:2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. Jeremiah 17:6-8 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited… the rivers Psalm 36:8,9 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures… Isaiah 41:17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. Jeremiah 17:6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. floods. Deuteronomy 32:13,14 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; … 2 Samuel 17:29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. Psalm 81:16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. Jump to Previous Brooks Butter Cream Curd Curds Enjoy Floods Flowing Honey Milk Oil River Rivers Rivulets StreamsJump to Next Brooks Butter Cream Curd Curds Enjoy Floods Flowing Honey Milk Oil River Rivers Rivulets StreamsJob 20 1. Zophar shows the state and portion of the wickedHe will not enjoy This phrase indicates a deprivation of pleasure or satisfaction. In the Hebrew context, the word used here can imply a lack of experiencing or partaking in something desirable. Theologically, this suggests a divine judgment or consequence for wickedness, where the sinner is denied the joys and blessings that God provides. It serves as a reminder of the moral order established by God, where sin leads to a loss of true joy and fulfillment. the streams the rivers flowing with honey and cream "Flumina jam lactis, jam fiumina nectaris ibant;" Hebrew He will notאַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not enjoy יֵ֥רֶא (yê·re) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see the streams, בִפְלַגּ֑וֹת (ḇip̄·lag·gō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 6390: A stream, division the rivers נַהֲרֵ֥י (na·hă·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 5104: A stream, prosperity flowing with נַ֝חֲלֵ֗י (na·ḥă·lê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft honey דְּבַ֣שׁ (də·ḇaš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1706: Honey, syrup and cream. וְחֶמְאָֽה׃ (wə·ḥem·’āh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2529: Curdled milk, cheese Links Job 20:17 NIVJob 20:17 NLT Job 20:17 ESV Job 20:17 NASB Job 20:17 KJV Job 20:17 BibleApps.com Job 20:17 Biblia Paralela Job 20:17 Chinese Bible Job 20:17 French Bible Job 20:17 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 20:17 He shall not look at the rivers (Jb) |