Job 20:17
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 20 connects to 10 cross-references. Zophar delivers his second speech arguing that the triumph of the wicked is brief and their joy momentary. He provides a detailed account of how the wicked swallow riches but must vomit them up, and how divine wrath will rain …
Other Translations
He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
He looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.
Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk.
Cross References
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord …
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for …
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, …
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit …
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of …
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip …
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should …
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.