Job 29:6
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
King James Version
In Context
5When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Cross References
Genesis 49:11Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
Deuteronomy 33:24And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
Psalms 81:16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied 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 →