Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 29:6

6. When I washed my steps with ‖ butter , and the Rock poured † me out Rivers of Oil :

i. e. When I abounded in all sorts of Blessings; which is oft signified by this or the like Phrases, as Gen. 49. 11. Deut. 33. 24. Iob 20. 17. Psal. 81. 16. When I had such numerous Herds of Cattle, and consequently such plenty of Butter, that if I had needed it, or been pleased so to use it, I might have washed my Feet with it.

When not only fruitful fields, but even barren and rocky places (such as that part of Arabia was where Iob lived) yielded me Olive Trees and Oil in great plenty. See on Deut. 32. 13.

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