Job 29:6

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

Cross-references

Job 20:17 Contrast

In Job 20:17, Zophar says the wicked will not see streams of honey and curds, contrasting with Job's past abundance of butter and oil in Job 29:6.

In Deuteronomy 32:13, God provides oil from the flinty rock, directly paralleling Job's description of the rock pouring oil in Job 29:6.

Psalm 81:16 Parallel

Psalm 81:16 promises honey from the rock — a similar metaphor of provision from stone, matching Job's oil from the rock.

In Genesis 49:11, Judah's abundance is pictured with wine washing, similar to Job's hyperbolic abundance of butter and oil in Job 29:6.

In Deuteronomy 33:24, Asher dips his foot in oil — a parallel image of abundance to Job's steps washed with butter and oil from the rock.

Joel 3:18 Parallel

Joel 3:18 depicts mountains dripping wine and hills flowing with milk — another picture of land abundance, like Job's butter and oil.