Job 29:6
when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil to me,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
In Context
5when the Almighty was yet with me, and my sons were about me,
7when I went forth to the gate to the city, when I prepared my seat in the street.
Cross References
Genesis 49:11Binding his foal to the vine, and his donkey's colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
Deuteronomy 33:24And of Asher he said, Blessed be Asher with sons. Let him be acceptable to his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil.
Psalms 81:16He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat. And I would satisfy thee with honey out of the rock.
Matthew Henry on Job 29:2-7
Former Prosperity of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; 4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; 6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; Losers may have leave to speak, and… Read the whole commentary →