Job 29:6
when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,
World English Bible Classic
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, and my children were around me,
7when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
Cross References
Genesis 49:11Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
Deuteronomy 33:24About Asher he said, “Asher is blessed with children. Let him be acceptable to his brothers. Let him dip his foot in oil.
Psalms 81:16But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of 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 →