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Job 29:6

Money and wealth

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;

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

7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
KJV
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
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!
DARBY
When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil!
BLB
with the washing of my steps with cream, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
ÅB
da mine føtter badet seg i melk, og berget ved mitt hus lot bekker av olje strømme fram!
OTB
Da mine skritt var badet i smør,
Og klippen strømmet ut oljestrømmer for meg!
B1930
da mine føtter badet sig i melk, og berget ved mitt hus lot bekker av olje strømme frem!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 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.

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  • Job 20:17

    He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

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  • 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:

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  • 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;

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  • 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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