Job 29:6
When I washed my steps with khemah, 1 and the tzur poured me out streams of shemen; 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 Shaddai was yet with me, 1 when my children were around me; 1
7When I went out to the sha'ar through the city, 1 when I took my moshav in the rekhov! 1
Cross References
Genesis 49:11He ties his foal unto the gefen (vine), 1 and his donkeyʼs colt unto the choice vine; 1 he will wash his levush (garments) in yayin, 1 and his robe in the dahm anavim (blood of grapes); 1
Deuteronomy 33:24And of Asher he said, 1 Baruch be Asher with banim; 1 let him be acceptable to his brethren, 1 and let him tovel (dip, immerse) + 33:24 as in tevilah his foot in shemen. 1
Psalms 81:16The haters of Hashem should have cringed before Him; 1 their et (time, fate, punishment) endures l'olam. 1
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 →