Job 29:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 29:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 29:6 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; me: Heb. with me" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 29:6 — KJV
“When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; me: Heb. with me”
— Job 29:6 (KJV)
Job 29:6 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 29:6
“His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. fitly...: Heb. sitting in fulness, that is, fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring”
Shares key themes with Job 29:6: washed, rivers, oil
“That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! scattered...: or, outspread and polished meted...: or, that meteth out and treadeth down: Heb. of line, line, and treading under foot have...: or, despise”
Shares key themes with Job 29:6: rivers, oil, heb
“And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. great: Heb. heavy”
Shares key themes with Job 29:6: rock, rivers, heb
“Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. blood: Heb. bloods”
Shares key themes with Job 29:6: washed, oil, heb
“Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? body: Heb. belly”
Shares key themes with Job 29:6: rivers, oil, heb
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