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“If my heart has been enticed to a woman,
    and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,
10 then let my wife grind for another,
    and let others sleep with her.
11 For that would be a heinous crime.
    Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;
12 for it is a fire that consumes to destruction,
    and would root out all my 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