Job 29:6

Verse 6. 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 ix. 41.—Oil. These hyperbolical expressions denote the utmost fertility. Genesis 49:11. Calmet.—Septuagint have “milk.” On all sides, Job could behold his rich pastures and cattle, ( Bible.) so that he might have washed his feet in butter and milk. The rocks also were covered with olive trees; ( Menochius.) or the stone used for a press made the oil gush forth. Cajet. Sa.