Job 29:6

Job 29:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
• New International Version (NIV)when my path was drenched with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.
• English Standard Version (ESV)when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
• New King James Version (NKJV)When my steps were bathed with cream, And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!

Context of Job 29:6

4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of God was over my tent, 5When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me; When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil! ... 7When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway, 8The young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged arose [and] stood up;

Job 29:6 word by word

בִּרְחֹ֣ץ הֲלִיכַ֣י בְּחֵמָ֑ה וְצ֥וּר יָצ֥וּק עִ֝מָּדִ֗י פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן׃Read the interlinear

• bathedרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• rockצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
• pouredצוּקtsûq · to pourH6694
• oilשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081

Cross-references for Job 29:6

• Job 20:17He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter.
• Genesis 49:11He bindeth his foal to the vine, And his ass's colt to the choice vine; He washeth his dress in wine, And his garment in the blood of grapes.
• Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And he made him suck honey out of the crag, And oil out of the flinty rock;
• Deuteronomy 33:24And of Asher he said, Asher shall be blessed with sons; Let him be acceptable to his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil.
• Psalms 81:16And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.

Commentaries on Job 29:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Washed my steps with butter - See the note on Job 20:17.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6When I washed my steps with butter - On the word rendered “butter,” see the notes at Isaiah 7:15. It properly means curdled milk. Umbreit renders it, Sahne; cream. Noyes, milk, and so Wemyss. The Septuagint, “When my ways flowed with butter” - ́ͅ bouturō So Coverdale, “When my ways ran over with butter.” Herder, “And where I went a stream of milk flowed on.” The sense may be, that cream or butter was so plenty that he was able to make use of it for the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-25Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. butter--rather, "cream," literally, "thick milk." Wherever I turned my steps, the richest milk and oil flowed in to me abundantly. Image from pastoral life. When I washed my steps--Literal washing of the feet in milk is not meant, as the second clause shows; Margin, "with me," that is, "near" my path, wherever I walked (De 32:13). Olives amidst rocks yield the best oil. Oil in the East is used for food, light, anointing, and medicine.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 29:6

• Oil
• Petroleum
• Rock

In the dictionaries

• Aged
• Butter
• Chief
• Ready
• River
• Job, Book of
• Oil
• Wash; Washing

Commentaries on Job 29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings