Job 31:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.”
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BSBPD
“then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 31:10 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 28:30You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
- 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.
- 2 Samuel 12:12You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”
- Job 31:22then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.
- Isaiah 47:2Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.
- 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.
- Hosea 4:13They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
- Matthew 24:41Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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