Job 20:17
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He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
In other translations
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
Hebrew words
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- Deuteronomy 32:13-1413 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; 14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.13 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, 14 with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.
- Luke 16:24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.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.’
- Job 29:6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
- 2 Samuel 17:29And 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.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.”
- Isaiah 7:15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
- Psalm 36:8-98 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. 9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.8 They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights. 9 For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- Isaiah 41:17When 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.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.
- Psalm 81:16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
- Numbers 14:23Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
- Isaiah 7:22And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
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