Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

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.

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.

The Emphasized Bible

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

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 has been seduced by my neighbor’s wife
or I have lurked at his door,
10 let my own wife grind grain for another man,
and let other men sleep with her.
11 For that would be a disgrace;
it would be a crime deserving punishment.


Cross References

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore, I will give their wives to other men,
their fields to new occupants,
for from the least to the greatest,
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.

Isaiah 47:2

Take millstones and grind meal;
remove your veil,
strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,
wade through the streams.

Exodus 11:5

and every firstborn male in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the servant girl who is behind the millstones, as well as every firstborn of the livestock.

2 Samuel 12:11

“This is what the Lord says, ‘I am going to bring disaster on you from your own family: I will take your wives and give them to another before your very eyes, and he will sleep with them publicly.

Deuteronomy 28:30

You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit.

Hosea 4:13-14

They sacrifice on the mountaintops,
and they burn offerings on the hills,
and under oaks, poplars, and terebinths,
because their shade is pleasant.
And so your daughters act promiscuously
and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

Matthew 24:41

Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one left.

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