Job 29:6
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
Job 29:6 in other translations
| BSB | when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! |
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| WEB | when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me, |
| ASV | When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil! |
| YLT | When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock is with me rivulets of oil. |
| DARBY | When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil!... |
| BBE | When my steps were washed with milk, and rivers of oil were flowing out of the rock for me. |
| Webster | When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; |
What does Job 29:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 29:1-6
Job proceeds to contrast his former prosperity with his present misery, through God's withdrawing from him. A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not in the smiles of this world. Four things were then very pleasant to holy Job. 1. The confidence he had in the Divine protection. 2. The enjoyment he had of the Divine favour. 3. The communion he had with the Divine word. 4. The assurance he had of the Divine…
Job 29:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 29:6
- Psalms 81:16
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
- Job 20:17
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
- Genesis 49:11
Binding 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 32:13-14
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
- Deuteronomy 33:24
And 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.
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Context
- Job 29:5
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
- Job 29:6
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
- Job 29:7
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Job 29:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando lavaba yo mis caminos con manteca, y la piedra me derramaba ríos de aceite! |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quand je lavais mes pas dans le caillé, et que le rocher versait auprès de moi des ruisseaux d’huile! – |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | als meine Schritte sich in Milch badeten, und der Fels neben mir Ölbäche ergoß; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quando lavabam pedes meos butyro, et petra fundebat mihi rivos olei: |