Job 20:18

"He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter."

Key Reflection

In Job 20:18, the phrase "he will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter" symbolizes the loss of prosperity and blessings. It suggests that despite opportunities for abundant life and divine favor, the wicked will be denied these gifts, emphasizing their ultimate demise and separation from God’s blessings.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

That which he laboured for shall he restore -This means that he shall give back the profit of his labor. He shall not be permitted to enjoy it or to consume it. And shall not swallow it down -Shall not enjoy it; shall not eat it. He shall be obliged to give it to others. According to his substance shall the restitution be -literally, according to Gesenius, “As a possession to be restored in which one rejoices not.” The sense is, that all that he has is like property which a man has, which he feels not to be his own, but which belongs to another and which is soon to be given “up.” In such property a man does not find that pleasure which he does in that which he feels to be his own.

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