Job 31:10
then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.
Majority Standard Bible
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 by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
11For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
Cross References
Exodus 11:5and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.
2 Samuel 12:11This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.
Job 31:22then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.
Jeremiah 8:10Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
Matthew 24:41Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and 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 →