Job 29:6
When I bathed my steps in cream, and the rock poured out near me streamlets of oil!
Leeser Tanakh
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, when my servants stood round about me;
7When I went out to the gate close by the city, when in the open place I established my seat:
Cross References
Genesis 49:11He bindeth unto the vine his foal, and to the vine-branch his ass's colt; he washeth his garments in wine, and in the blood of grapes his clothes;
Deuteronomy 33:24And of Asher he said, More than [all] the children be Asher blessed: he shall be the most favored of his brethren, and bathe his foot in oil.
Psalms 81:16(81:17) And he would feed him with the best of wheat: and out of the rock would I satisfy thee with honey.
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 →