God’s Word Translation
Job 29:6
6my steps were bathed in buttermilk, and the rocks poured streams of olive oil on me.
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
4If only I were in the prime of my life ⌞again⌟, when God was an adviser in my tent. 5When the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me, my steps were bathed in buttermilk, and the rocks poured streams of olive oil on me. 7When I went through the city gate and took my seat in the town square, 8young men saw me and kept out of sight. Old men stood up straight out of respect ⌞for me⌟.
Read all of Job 29Job 29:6 word by word
בִּרְחֹ֣ץ הֲלִיכַ֣י בְּחֵמָ֑ה וְצ֥וּר יָצ֥וּק עִ֝מָּדִ֗י פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 29:6
- Job 20:17He won’t be able to drink from the streams or from the rivers of honey and buttermilk.
- Genesis 49:11He will tie his donkey to a grapevine, his colt to the best vine. He will wash his clothes in wine, his garments in the blood of grapes.
- Deuteronomy 32:13He made them ride on the heights of the earth and fed them with the produce of the fields. He gave them honey from rocks and olive oil from solid rock.
- Deuteronomy 33:24About the tribe of Asher he said, “The people of Asher are the most blessed of the sons of Israel. May they be the Israelites’ favorite tribe and wash their feet in olive oil.
- Psalms 81:16But I would feed Israel with the finest wheat and satisfy them with honey from a rock.”
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
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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
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