Job 29:6
When my steps were washed with milk, and rivers of oil were flowing out of the rock for me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
In Context
5While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;
7When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,
Cross References
Genesis 49:11Knotting his ass's cord to the vine, and his young ass to the best vine; washing his robe in wine, and his clothing in the blood of grapes:
Deuteronomy 33:24And of Asher he said, Let Asher have the blessing of children; may he be pleasing to his brothers, and let his foot be wet with oil.
Psalms 81:16\81:15\The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their destruction would be eternal.
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 →