Job 29:6
When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock [is] with me rivulets of oil.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
In Context
5When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Round about me — my young ones,
7When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
Cross References
Genesis 49:11Binding to the vine his ass, And to the choice vine the colt of his ass, He hath washed in wine his clothing, And in the blood of grapes his covering;
Deuteronomy 33:24And of Asher he said: — Blessed with sons [is] Asher, Let him be accepted by his brethren, And dipping in oil his foot.
Psalms 81:16He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And [with] honey from a rock 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 →