Job 29:6 BSB — MannaFest

Job 29:6

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

BSB

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ASV

When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil!

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

When I washed my steps with butter - On the word rendered “butter,” see the notes at Isa 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” - βουτύρῳ 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 most common purposes - even for that of washing his feet.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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).

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בִּרְחֹ֣ץ	bir.Chotz	when bathed	H7364 →
הֲלִיכַ֣י	ha.li.Khai	steps my	H1978 →
בְּחֵמָ֑ה	be.che.Mah	in curd<s>	H2529 →
וְצ֥וּר	ve.Tzur	and a rock	H6697 →
יָצ֥וּק	ya.Tzuk	it poured out	H6694 →
עִ֝מָּדִ֗י	'i.ma.Di	beside me	H5978 →
פַּלְגֵי־	pal.gei-	streams of	H6388 →
שָֽׁמֶן׃	Sha.men	oil	H8081 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 81:16
But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
leads to
- 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,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 147:14
  He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat.
- 1 Samuel 14:25–26
  Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
Through
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.
leads to
- Genesis 49:20
  Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.
- Romans 14:18
  For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
- Proverbs 3:3–4
  Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
- Psalms 128:6
  that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
- Acts 7:10
  and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job