Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
floods—literally, "stream of floods," plentiful streams flowing with milk, etc. (Job 29:6; Exodus 3:17). Honey and butter are more fluid in the East than with us and are poured out from jars. These "rivers" or water brooks are in the sultry East emblems of prosperity.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 20:17:
Job 21:24
Job 24:18-21
Isaiah 7:15
Jeremiah 17:6
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