Job 29:6
When I washed my feet with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 with me: and my servants round about me?
7When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?
Cross References
Genesis 49:11Tying his foal to the vineyard, and his ass, 0 my son, to the vine. He shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape.
Deuteronomy 33:24To Aser also he said: Let Aser be blessed with children, let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
Psalms 81:16The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be for ever.
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 →