Job 31:10 “then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep…”

Job 31:10

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Let my wife grinde vnto another man, and let other men bow downe vpon her:

Darby Translation

Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

Young's Literal Translation

Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.

Bible in Basic English

Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

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Cross references

“grind”

Isaiah 47:2 Exodus 11:5 Matthew 24:41

Isaiah 47:2 · BSB

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

Exodus 11:5 · BSB

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.

Matthew 24:41 · BSB

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

“and let”

Jeremiah 8:10 2 Samuel 12:11 Hosea 4:13 Hosea 4:14

Jeremiah 8:10 · BSB

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.

2 Samuel 12:11 · BSB

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.

Hosea 4:13 · BSB

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.

Hosea 4:14 · BSB

I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a peo…

Also

Deuteronomy 28:30

Deuteronomy 28:30 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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