Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:24; Genesis 49:11; Job 20:17; Psalms 81:16
When I washed my steps with butter - On the word rendered “butter,” see the notes at Isaiah 7:15 . It properly means curdled milk. Umbreit rende...
When I washed my steps (d) with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; (d) By these comparisons he declares the great prosperity that he...
Job 29. Job's Former Happy Days. Job 29:1-6 . Job longs that he might once again live as of old under God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means in...
rivers . divisions. Hence the little channels made in garden irrigation. See note on Psalms 1:3 , and Proverbs 21:1 .
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; Job 29:6 Washed my steps with butter - See the note on Job 20:17 .
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; Butter - rather, cream-literally, thick milk. Wherever I turned...
Job's Past Greatness and Happiness Job mournfully recalls the days of God's favour, and the prosperity and honour he once enjoyed. In this chapter...
A figure of prosperity: cp. Deuteronomy 33:24 .
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1-25 ; Job 30:1-31 ; Job 31:1-40 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become in...
the Bitter Memory of the Happy Past Job 29:1-25 How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which has become overcast, have...
Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to prepare the way fo...
(6) When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; (7) В¶ When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepare...
When I washed my steps with butter ,.... Not the steps of his house or palace; for to have done this, or his servants by his orders, as it would hav...
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; Ver. 6. When I washed my steps with butter ] When I had of everythin...
When the Almighty was yet with me On my side; whereas now he is against me, and hath forsaken me. When my children were about me Or, servants ,...
JOB'S PAST GREATNESS In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, a...
Former Prosperity of Job. B. C. 1520. ...
i.e. When I abounded in all sorts of blessings; which is oft signified by this or the like phrases, as Genesis 49:11 Deuteronomy 33:24 Job 20:1...
JOB’S RETROSPECT Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends,...
Job 29:3 . When his candle shined upon my head; that is, when the light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal prosperity....
EXPOSITION Job 29:1-18 From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man...
Job Describes his Former Prosperity
when I washed my steps with butter, with the richest cream, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil, both pictures pointing to the riches of God's...
6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;