Bible verse
He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
Job 20:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 20.
13 though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
14 yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
15 He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
16 He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
17 He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
18 He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
20 Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
21 Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
KJV
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
ASV
He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
ERV
He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
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