Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Let my wife, grind to another, and, over her, let others bend!

New American Standard Bible

May my wife grind for another,
And let others kneel down over her.

King James Version

Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

Holman Bible

let my own wife grind grain for another man,
and let other men sleep with her.

International Standard Version

then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her,

A Conservative Version

then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.

American Standard Version

Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

Amplified


Let my wife grind [meal, like a bond slave] for another [man],
And let others kneel down over her.

Bible in Basic English

Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

Darby Translation

Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

Julia Smith Translation

My wife shall grind for another, and others shall bow down upon her.

King James 2000

Then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

Lexham Expanded Bible

let my wife grind for another, and let other [men] kneel over her,

Modern King James verseion

then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down on her.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O then let my wife be another man's harlot and let others lie with her.

NET Bible

then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men have sexual relations with her.

New Heart English Bible

then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

Webster

Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.

World English Bible

then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

Youngs Literal Translation

Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

טחן 
Tachan 
Usage: 8

אחר 
'acher 
Usage: 166

and let others
אחר 
'acher 
Usage: 166

כּרע 
Kara` 
Usage: 36

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense Continued

9 If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, or, by the door of my neighbour, I have lien in wait, 10 Let my wife, grind to another, and, over her, let others bend! 11 Surely that had been a shameful thing! and that an iniquity for the judges!


Cross References

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore, will I give - Their wives to others, Their fields to such as shall take possession of them, For from the least, even unto the greatest, Every one, is, wholly given to extortion: From the prophet even unto the priest, Every one, dealeth, falsely.

Isaiah 47:2

Take millstones, and grind meal, - Put back thy veil - tuck up thy train Bare the leg, wade through streams:

Exodus 11:5

then shall every firstborn in the land of Egypt die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who is sitting on his throne, unto the firstborn of the handmaid who is behind the two millstones, - and every firstborn of beasts;

2 Samuel 12:11

Thus, saith Yahweh, - Behold me! raising up over thee calamity out of thine own household, and I will take thy wives, before thine eyes, and give unto thy neighbour, and he will lie with thy wives, in the eyes of this sun.

Deuteronomy 28:30

A wife, shalt thou betroth, and, another man shall lie with her. A house, shalt thou build, and shalt not dwell therein, - A vineyard, shalt thou plant, and shalt not throw it open;

Hosea 4:13-14

On the headlands of the mountains, they sacrifice, and, on the hills, burn they incense, under oak and poplar and terebinth, because, pleasant, is the shade thereof: For this cause, do your daughters, become unchaste, and, your brides, commit adultery.

Matthew 24:41

Two women grinding at the mill, - one, is taken near, and, one, is left behind.

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