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

Numbers 14:23
not one will ever see the land I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.

2 Kings 7:2
But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, "Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?" "You will see it with your own eyes, " replied Elisha, "but you will not eat any of it."

Jeremiah 17:6-8
He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. . . .

Luke 16:24
So he cried out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.'

the rivers

Psalm 36:8, 9
They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights. . . .

Isaiah 41:17
The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Jeremiah 17:6
He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.

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

floods.

Deuteronomy 32:13, 14
He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag, . . .

2 Samuel 17:29
honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, "The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness."

Psalm 81:16
But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."

Isaiah 7:15, 22
By the time he knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"He does not look at the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and curds.

King James Bible
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

International Standard Version
He won't look at the rivers— the torrents of honey and curd.

NET Bible
He will not look on the streams, the rivers, which are the torrents of honey and butter.
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