🌪️WEB · Job 29:6

What does Job 29:6 mean?

"when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,"

— Job 29:6 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

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as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was in my tent,

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when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,

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when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,

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when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.

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The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.

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The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

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