Job 31:10
then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
In Context
9If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door,
11For that is a heinous crime, yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
Cross References
Exodus 11:5and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits upon his throne, even to the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill, and all the first-born of cattle.
2 Samuel 12:11Thus says 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 to thy neighbor, and he shall lay with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
Job 31:22then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
Jeremiah 8:10Therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
Matthew 24:41Two women grinding at the mill, one is taken, and one is left.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:10-16
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this is a 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. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I… Read the whole commentary →