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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 an 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.

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“If my heart has been enticed(A) by a woman,(B)
    or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
10 then may my wife grind(C) another man’s grain,
    and may other men sleep with her.(D)
11 For that would have been wicked,(E)
    a sin to be judged.(F)
12 It is a fire(G) that burns to Destruction[a];(H)
    it would have uprooted my harvest.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:12 Hebrew Abaddon