Job 31:10
then let my wife also please another, and let my children be brought low.
Brenton Septuagint
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 gone forth after another man's wife, and if I laid wait at her doors;
11For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, in the case of defiling another man's wife.
Cross References
Exodus 11:5And every first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharao that sits on the throne, even to the first-born of the woman-servant that is by the mill, and to the first-born of all cattle.
2 Samuel 12:11Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against thee evil out of thy house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and will give them to thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
Job 31:22let then my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.
Jeremiah 8:10Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to new inheritors; and they shall gather their fruits, saith the Lord.
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 →