Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.
New American Standard Bible
And let
King James Version
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
Holman Bible
and let other men sleep with
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
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.
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
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 31:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Final Defense Continued
9 If my heart has been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's door; 10 Then let my wife grind for 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.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 8:10
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for everyone from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest everyone deals falsely.
Isaiah 47:2
Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover your locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
Exodus 11:5
And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sits upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
2 Samuel 12:11
Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them unto your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
Deuteronomy 28:30
You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes thereof.
Hosea 4:13-14
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because its shadow is good: therefore your daughters shall commit harlotry, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
Matthew 24:41
Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.