Job 31:10
Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
In Context
9If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,
11For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;
Cross References
Exodus 11:5and every first-born in the land of Egypt hath died, from the first-born of Pharaoh who is sitting on his throne, unto the first-born of the maid-servant who [is] behind the millstones, and all the first-born of beasts;
2 Samuel 12:11thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am raising up against thee evil, out of thy house, and have taken thy wives before thine eyes, and given to thy neighbour, and he hath lain with thy wives before the eyes of this sun;
Job 31:22My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.
Jeremiah 8:10Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely.
Matthew 24:41two women shall be grinding in the mill, one is received, and one is 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 →