He shall not see the rivers, the brooks flowing with honey and butter.
All Commentaries on Job 20:17 Go To Job 20
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Butter. The impious may have a short-lived pleasure, but it will not give perfect satisfaction. The poets use similar expressions. (Calmet) Mella fluant illi, ferat et rubus asper amomum. (Virgil) Flu mina jam lactis, jam flumina nectaris ibant. (Met. i.)