Job 31:10
then let my wife serve another, let other men sleep with her.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
In Context
9If a woman has seduced me, or if I have looked for an opportunity to sleep with my neighbor's wife,
11For that would be wicked, a sin deserving punishment,
Cross References
Exodus 11:5Every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh sitting on his throne to the firstborn of the servant girl working with a handmill, as well as all the firstborn of the cattle.
2 Samuel 12:11This is what the Lord says: ‘I'm going to bring disaster on you from your own family. I will take your wives before your very eyes and give them to someone else, and he will sleep openly with your wives where everyone can see.
Job 31:22then let my shoulder be pulled from its joint, my arm wrenched out of its socket.
Jeremiah 8:10I'm going to give their wives to others, and their fields to different owners, since everyone cheats because they're greedy, poor and rich alike. Even prophets and priests—they are all dishonest liars!
Matthew 24:41Two women will be grinding grain with a mill. One will be taken, the other 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 →