Job 29:6
When washing my goings with butter, || And the firm rock [is] with me—streams of oil.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
In Context
5When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Around me—my young ones,
7When I go out to the gate by the city, || In a broad place I prepare my seat.
Cross References
Genesis 49:11Binding to the vine his donkey, || And to the choice vine the colt of his donkey, || He has washed in wine his clothing, || And in the blood of grapes his covering;
Deuteronomy 33:24And of Asher he said: Asher [is] blessed with sons, || Let him be accepted by his brothers, || And dipping his foot in oil.
Psalms 81:16He causes him to eat of the fat of wheat, || And I satisfy you [with] honey from a 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 →