Job 29:6
when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
Majority Standard Bible
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 still with me and my children were around me,
7When I 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 colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
Deuteronomy 33:24And concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil.
Psalms 81:16But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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 →