Job 31:11

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

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

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.

13 If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
KJV
For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
WEB
For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
ASV
For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
DARBY
For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity [to be judged by] the judges:
BLB
For it [is] wickedness, and it [is] to be judged an iniquity.
ÅB
For slikt er en skjenselsdåd, det er en misgjerning, hjemfalt til dom;
OTB
For det ville være en skammelig handling;
Dessuten ville det være en urett som dommere kunne straffe.
B1930
For slikt er en skjenselsdåd, det er en misgjerning, hjemfalt til dom;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 20:10

    If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

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  • Job 31:28

    this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

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  • Deuteronomy 22:22–24

    If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

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  • Genesis 38:24

    About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”

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  • Ezekiel 16:38

    And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.

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  • Proverbs 6:29–33

    So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

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  • Exodus 20:14

    You shall not commit adultery.

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  • Genesis 20:9

    Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”

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