Job 31:10
Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
In Context
9If my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door;
Cross References
Exodus 11:5And death will come to every mother's first male child in all the land of Egypt, from the child of Pharaoh on his seat of power, to the child of the servant-girl crushing the grain; and the first births of all the cattle.
2 Samuel 12:11The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun.
Job 31:22May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.
Jeremiah 8:10So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who will take them for themselves: for everyone, from the least to the greatest, is given up to getting money; from the priest even to the prophet, everyone is false.
Matthew 24:41Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and one let go.
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 →