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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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An Image of Extreme Wealth
Commentators explain that Job's words are poetic and hyperbolic. "Steps washed with butter" and "the rock poured out oil" are not literal events but vivid metaphors for unimaginable prosperity. They paint a picture of a man so blessed that even the most common (milk/butter) and valuable (oil) resources were available to him in overflowing, seemingly impossible abundance.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When I washed my steps with butter - On the word rendered “butter,” see the notes at (Isaiah 7:15). It properly means c…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When I washed my steps with butter Not the steps of his house or palace; for to have done this, or his servants by h…
Job proceeds to contrast his former prosperity with his present misery, through God's withdrawing from him. A gracious soul delights in God's smile…
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13th Century
Catholic
Previously, Job had shown in general terms why it is not contrary to divine justice for the wicked to prosper while the good—who are given greater …