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Job 31:10

8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;

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

11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

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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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  • Jeremiah 8:10

    Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:30

    Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:11

    Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

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  • Isaiah 47:2

    Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

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  • Exodus 11:5

    And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

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  • Hosea 4:13–14

    They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

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  • Matthew 24:41

    Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

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