Job 29:6
When my steps were bathed in milk, and, the rock, poured out beside me, rivulets of oil:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
In Context
5While yet the Almighty was with me, round about me, were my young men;
7When I went out to the gate unto the city, in the open place, made ready my seat,
Cross References
Genesis 49:11Binding, to the vine, his ass, And to the choice vine his ass’s colt, He hath washed in wine his raiment, And in the blood of grapes, his mantle:
Deuteronomy 33:24And, of Asher, he said, Most blessed of sons, be Asher,—Let him have the goodwill of his brethren, And let him dip, in oil, his foot:
Psalms 81:16Then would he feed them from the marrow of the wheat, Yea, out of the rock—with honey, would I satisfy 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 →