Job 20:17
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
נָהָר
nâhâr
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
דְּבַשׁ
dᵉbash
honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
Key Terms in This Verse
נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →נָהָר nâhâr
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
Study H5104 →נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
And 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.
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
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 ey...
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
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.
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
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.
And 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 he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
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