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Job 29:6

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

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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

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steps

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

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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

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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

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out

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

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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

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

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

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

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