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Job 31:10

World English Bible

then let my wife grind for another,
and let others sleep with her.

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Job 31:10 in other translations

Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

Job 31:10 · American Standard Version

Job 31:10 in context

  1. 8then let me sow, and let another eat.
    Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
  2. 9“If my heart has been enticed to a woman,
    and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,
  3. 10then let my wife grind for another,
    and let others sleep with her.
  4. 11For that would be a heinous crime.
    Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;
  5. 12for it is a fire that consumes to destruction,
    and would root out all my increase.