Job 20:17

Third strophe The wicked had counted upon perennial resources of bliss “rivers of honey and butter” only to find himself stripped of all his ill-gotten good, and himself the defenceless prey of the victims of his own insatiable greed, Job 20:17-22.

17. Not see the rivers See note Job 29:6. ראה with ב implies joy in beholding. To the Oriental a river has ever been an emblem of felicity. In the paradise of Mohammed “are rivers of incorruptible water, and rivers of milk, the taste whereof changeth not; and rivers of wine, pleasant unto those who drink; and rivers of clarified honey.” KORAN, Sura 47. The butter was either cream, or simply curdled milk in a semi-liquid state.