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Job 29:3–9

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When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
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From verse 3

  1. Psalms 18:28Rank 1 from verse 3
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    28For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

  2. John 8:12Rank 2 from verse 3
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    12¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  3. Ephesians 5:8Rank 3 from verse 3
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    8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

  4. Job 18:6Rank 4 from verse 3
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    6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

  5. John 12:46Rank 5 from verse 3
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    46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

  6. Job 11:17Rank 6 from verse 3
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    17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

  7. Job 22:28Rank 7 from verse 3
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    28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

  8. Proverbs 24:20Rank 8 from verse 3
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    20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

  9. Psalms 84:11Rank 9 from verse 3
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    11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  10. Ephesians 5:14Rank 10 from verse 3
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    14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

  11. Isaiah 2:4Rank 11 from verse 3
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    4And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

  12. Proverbs 13:9Rank 12 from verse 3
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    9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  13. Psalms 23:4Rank 13 from verse 3
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    4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

  14. Psalms 27:1Rank 14 from verse 3
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    1THE Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

  15. Job 21:17Rank 15 from verse 3
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    17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

  16. Proverbs 20:20Rank 16 from verse 3
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    20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

  17. Psalms 4:6Rank 17 from verse 3
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    6There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

From verse 4

  1. Psalms 25:14Rank 1 from verse 4
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    14The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

  2. Proverbs 3:32Rank 2 from verse 4
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    32For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

  3. Job 1:10Rank 3 from verse 4
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    10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

  4. Job 15:8Rank 4 from verse 4
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    8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

  5. Psalms 27:5Rank 5 from verse 4
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    5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

  6. Psalms 91:1Rank 6 from verse 4
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    1HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

  7. Colossians 3:3Rank 7 from verse 4
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    3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

From verse 5

  1. Psalms 128:3Rank 1 from verse 5
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    3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

  2. Psalms 127:3–5Rank 2 from verse 5
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    3Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

    4As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

    5Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

  3. Deuteronomy 33:27–29Rank 3 from verse 5
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    27The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

    28Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

    29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

  4. Joshua 1:9Rank 4 from verse 5
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    9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

  5. Psalms 30:7Rank 5 from verse 5
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    7Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

  6. Song of Solomon 2:4Rank 6 from verse 5
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    4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

  7. Song of Solomon 3:1–2Rank 7 from verse 5
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    1BY night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

    2I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

  8. Jeremiah 14:8Rank 8 from verse 5
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    8O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

  9. Job 1:2–5Rank 9 from verse 5
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    2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

    3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

    4And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

    5And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

  10. Job 23:3Rank 10 from verse 5
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    3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

  11. Job 23:8–10Rank 11 from verse 5
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    8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

    9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

    10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

  12. Job 42:13–16Rank 12 from verse 5
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    13He had also seven sons and three daughters.

    14And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

    15And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

    16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.

  13. Judges 6:12–13Rank 13 from verse 5
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    12And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

    13And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

  14. Matthew 9:15Rank 14 from verse 5
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    15And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

  15. Psalms 43:2Rank 15 from verse 5
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    2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  16. Psalms 44:8–9Rank 16 from verse 5
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    8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

    9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

  17. Proverbs 17:6Rank 17 from verse 5
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    6Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

From verse 6

  1. Psalms 81:16Rank 1 from verse 6
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    16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

  2. Job 20:17Rank 2 from verse 6
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    17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

  3. Deuteronomy 32:13–14Rank 3 from verse 6
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    13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

    14Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

  4. Deuteronomy 33:24Rank 4 from verse 6
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    24¶ And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.

  5. Genesis 49:11Rank 5 from verse 6
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    11Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:

From verse 7

  1. Deuteronomy 16:18Rank 1 from verse 7
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    18¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

  2. Ruth 4:1–2Rank 2 from verse 7
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    1THEN went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

    2And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

  3. Zechariah 8:16Rank 3 from verse 7
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    16¶ These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

  4. Ruth 4:11Rank 4 from verse 7
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    11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:

  5. Deuteronomy 21:19Rank 5 from verse 7
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    19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

  6. Job 31:21Rank 6 from verse 7
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    21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

From verse 8

  1. Leviticus 19:32Rank 1 from verse 8
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    32¶ Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

  2. 1 Peter 5:5Rank 2 from verse 8
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    5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

  3. Proverbs 16:31Rank 3 from verse 8
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    31The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

  4. Romans 13:7Rank 4 from verse 8
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    7Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

  5. Titus 3:1Rank 5 from verse 8
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    1PUT them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

  6. 1 Peter 2:17Rank 6 from verse 8
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    17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

  7. Proverbs 20:8Rank 7 from verse 8
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    8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

  8. Romans 13:3–4Rank 8 from verse 8
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    3For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

    4For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

From verse 9

  1. Job 21:5Rank 1 from verse 9
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    5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

  2. Job 40:4Rank 2 from verse 9
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    4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

  3. Proverbs 10:19Rank 3 from verse 9
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    19In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

  4. James 1:19Rank 4 from verse 9
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    19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

  5. Proverbs 30:32Rank 5 from verse 9
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    32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

  6. Job 4:2Rank 6 from verse 9
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    2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

  7. Job 7:11Rank 7 from verse 9
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    11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  8. Judges 18:19Rank 8 from verse 9
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    19And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 29:3

COMBINED MEANING

shined

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of shine, meaning to emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor. To give light, real or figurative.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

head

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The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

light

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Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

darkness

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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 29:4

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

youth

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Sense 1: The period of life following childhood and preceding mature age. Sense 2: A young person or young people.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

secret

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1. Hidden, concealed, private, or not openly known. 2. A hidden matter, counsel, or mystery.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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tabernacle

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Sense 1: A tent, booth, or dwelling; especially Israel’s sacred tent of worship. Sense 2: Figuratively, the body as a dwelling.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 29:5

COMBINED MEANING

yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 29:6

COMBINED MEANING

washed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of wash, meaning to cleanse with water or another liquid; to bathe or cause water to pass over.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

steps

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Movements or paces of the feet; footsteps, courses, degrees, or stages in going.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

butter

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An oily substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

rock

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1. A mass of stone or a rocky place. 2. Figuratively, a secure refuge, strength, foundation, or cause of stumbling. 3. A title or figure for God or Christ.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

oil

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1. An oily substance, especially olive oil. 2. To anoint or supply with oil.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 29:7

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

seat

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The place of sitting; throne; chair of state; tribunal; post of authority. That on which one sits: a chair, bench, stool or any other thing on which a person sits.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 29:8

COMBINED MEANING

young

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1. Early in life or growth. 2. Offspring or young persons or creatures.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hid

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Put, kept, or placed out of sight, knowledge, discovery, understanding, or danger; concealed, secret, covered, or withheld from perception.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

arose

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1. Rose, stood up, got up, or moved upward from a lower, lying, seated, fallen, or inactive position. 2. Began, emerged, appeared, came into being, or came forward. 3. Took action, intervened, or undertook the stated work. 4. Rose from death; returned to life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 29:9

COMBINED MEANING

refrained

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Held back, restrained, abstained, or kept from an action or expression.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

laid

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Sense 1: Placed, set, put down, deposited, arranged, established, founded, imposed, applied, stored, buried, or overlaid. Sense 2: Reclined or brought to rest.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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29:2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

29:3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

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29:4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

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29:5When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

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29:6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

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29:7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

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29:8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

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29:9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

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29:10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

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