Job 29:6

Translations

Modern

…when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

Traditional

When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

Literal

…with the washing of my steps with cream, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

Latin

…quando lavabam pedes meos butyro, et petra fundebat mihi rivos olei:

Original

Hebrew

English

…when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

Notes

Job 29:1–31:40

Job 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).

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Psalm 81:16
But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Job 20:17
He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
Deuteronomy 32:13–14
He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
Genesis 49:11
He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
Deuteronomy 33:24
And concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil.

Glossary

Book of Job Peleg

Topics

Oil: Petroleum (?) Petroleum: Figurative Rivers of Abundance Rock: Oil From Rocks: The Olive Tree Flourished Amongst The Feet: (Washed or Dipped in Oil) Abundance

Job 29:6

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