Job 29:6
Then, I washed my feet with butter, and a boulder poured out rivers of oil for me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
In Context
5At that time, the Almighty was with me and my children surrounded me.
7When I went to the gate of the city, or to the main street, they prepared a chair for me.
Cross References
Genesis 49:11Tying his young colt to the vineyard, and his donkey, O my son, to the vine, he will wash his robe in wine, and his cloak in the blood of the grape.
Deuteronomy 33:24Likewise, to Asher he said: “Let Asher be blessed with sons. Let him be pleasing to his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil.
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 →