Job 31:10
then let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lean over her.
Catholic Public Domain 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 deceived over a woman, or if I have waited in ambush at my friend’s door,
11For this is a crime and a very great injustice.
Cross References
Exodus 11:5And every firstborn in the land of the Egyptians shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the handmaid, who is at the millstone, and all the firstborn of the beasts of burden.
2 Samuel 12:11And so, thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will raise up over you an evil from your own house. And I will take your wives away before your eyes, and I will give them to your neighbor. And he will sleep with your wives in the sight of this sun.
Job 31:22then may my shoulder fall from its joint, and may my arm, with all its bones, be broken.
Jeremiah 8:10Because of this, I will give their wives to outsiders and their fields to others as an inheritance. For from the least, even to the greatest, they all pursue avarice; from the prophet, even to the priest, they all act with deceit.
Matthew 24:41Two women will be grinding at a millstone: one will be taken up, and one will be left behind.
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 →