Job 29:6
When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
Revised Version 1895
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 about me;
7When I went forth to the gate unto 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 hath washed his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes:
Deuteronomy 33:24And of Asher he said, Blessed be Asher with children; Let him be acceptable unto his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil.
Psalms 81:16He should feed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should 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 →