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 was in, so that he had no opportunity to be such a sinner as they accused him.
Verse Job 29:6. _WASHED MY STEPS WITH BUTTER_] Job 20:17....
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 renders it, Sahne; cream. Noyes, milk, and so Wemyss. The Sept...
CHAPTER 29 _ 1. His past prosperity and honors (Job 29:1)_ 2. The good works he did (Job 29:11) Job 29:1. The words spoken by Job were wholesome words, showing that his mind was moving in another ch...
JOB 29. JOB'S FORMER HAPPY DAYS. Job 29:1. Job longs that he might once again live as of old under God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means intimacy (_cf._ Psalms 25:14)....
RIVERS. divisions. Hence the little channels made in garden irrigation. See note on Psalms 1:3, and Proverbs 21:1....
The second, though a less, element of his happiness was his overflowing abundance. _when I washed my steps_ Or, WHEN MY STEPS WERE WASHED in butter, i. e. bathed a figure for the overflowing abundanc...
D. THE SOLILOQUY OF A SUFFERER (Job 29:1, Job 31:40) 1. Reminiscencehis former happy life (Job 29:1-25) a. The outward aspect (Job 29:1-10) TEXT 29:1-
_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 my steps the richest milk and oil flowed in to me abund...
29:6 milk, (i-7) Or 'butter.'...
A figure of prosperity: cp. Deuteronomy 33:24....
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 we have the picture of a great and worthy chieftain...
Job had a very successful life before his troubles began: • God was protecting Job (Job 1:10). And God was providing for Job. • Job became rich (Job 1:3) because God gave many possessions to Job (Jo...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 29 JOB DESCRIBES HIS LIFE B...
בִּ רְחֹ֣ץ הֲלִיכַ֣י בְּ חֵמָ֑ה וְ צ֥וּר
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
THE BITTER MEMORY OF THE HAPPY PAST Job 29:1 How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which has become overcast, have uttered the thought of the opening words of this chapter! T...
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 for the utterance of a solemn oath of innocence, he f...
Butter. Many understand "cream." But butter was used to anoint the body, as well as oil. Non omittendum in eo ( butyro) olei vim esse, & Barbaros omnes infantesque nostros ita ungi. (Pliny, [Natural H...
(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 prepared my seat in the street! (8) The young men saw me,...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
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 have been a very great impropriety, so a piece of great...
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 everything God's plenty, as they call it. Butter enough to ha...
_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_, for the word נערי, _nagnarai_, signifies both. When...
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 kindness which were granted to Job, when he was pros...
JOB DESCRIBES HIS FORMER PROSPERITY...
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, and no doubt spoke truthfully, yet there is far too muc...
ME OUT: _ Heb._ with me...
Butter and oil were symbols of prosperity, ease, and plenty....
1-6 Job proceeds to contrast his former prosperity with his present misery, through God's withdrawing from him. A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not in the smiles of this world. Four things...
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 20:17 Psalm
Job 29:6 steps H1978 bathed H7364 (H8800) cream H2529 rock H6697 out H6694 (H8799) rivers H6388 oil...
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He rehearses the story of his life. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not the smiles of the world, although virtu...
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. This figure seems to be borrowed from the lights in...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:1 Chapters Job 29:1 conclude the dialogues with Job’s reflections on his current and future state....
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:2 Job recalls a time when he felt as if he were in his PRIME, as the FRIENDSHIP OF GOD was evident on his household (v. Job 29:5
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:6 WASHED WITH BUTTER. Job was renowned for his cattle and his olive groves. ⇐...
_JOB’S RETROSPECT_ Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends, and shows that his complaints were sufficiently well-g...
EXPOSITION JOB 29:1 From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man and the infinite knowledge of God, Job turns to another contra...
Moreover Job continued (Job 29:1) He's got a lot to say. Bildad has run out, so Job thought, "I'll just keep going on." And now it's sort of a lament of the days before all of his afflictions. Lookin...
Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:24; Genesis 49:11; Job 20:17;...