Job 29:6
My herds produced much milk, and oil flowed freely from my olive presses.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
In Context
5The Almighty was still with me and I was surrounded with my children.
7I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square.
Cross References
Genesis 49:11He ties his donkey to the vine, his donkey's colt to the best vine. He washes his clothes in wine, his robes in the red juice of grapes.
Deuteronomy 33:24To Asher he said: “May Asher be blessed more than all the other sons; may he be favored above his brothers and bathe his feet in olive oil.
Psalms 81:16But I would feed you the best wheat and satisfy you with honey from 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 →