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Job 31:10

8 then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

9 If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,

then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.

11 For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.

12 For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.
KJV
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
WEB
then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.
ASV
Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.
DARBY
Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.
BLB
[then] let my wife grind for another, and others bend down over her.
ÅB
gid da min hustru må male korn[^1] for en annen, og andre menn bøye seg over henne!
OTB
Måtte min kone male for en annen,
Og la andre bøye seg over henne.
B1930
gid da min hustru må male korn for en annen, og andre menn bøie sig over henne! / < 2MO 11, 5.>

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 8:10

    Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:30

    You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:11

    This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.

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  • Isaiah 47:2

    Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.

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  • Exodus 11:5

    and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.

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  • Hosea 4:13–14

    They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

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  • Matthew 24:41

    Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

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