Job 29:6
When I washed my pathes with butter, and when the rocke powred me out riuers of oyle:
Geneva Bible 1599
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 almightie was yet with me, and my children round about me.
Cross References
Genesis 49:11He shall binde his Asse foale vnto ye vine, and his Asses colte vnto the best vine. hee shall wash his garment in wine, and his cloke in the blood of grapes.
Deuteronomy 33:24And of Asher he saide, Asher shalbe blessed with children: he shalbe acceptable vnto his brethren, and shall dippe his foote in oyle.
Psalms 81:16And God would haue fedde them with the fatte of wheat, and with honie out of the rocke would I haue sufficed thee.
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 →