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“If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
and at my neighbor’s doorway I have lain in wait,
10 let my wife grind for another,
and let other men kneel over her,
11 for that is a shameful act,
and that is a criminal offense.[a]
12 Indeed, that is a fire that will consume up to Abaddon,
and it would uproot all my crop.

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  1. Job 31:11 Literally “an iniquity of judges”

“If my heart has been enticed by a woman
    and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,(A)
10 then let my wife grind for another,
    and let other men kneel over her.(B)
11 For that would be a heinous crime;
    that would be a criminal offense;(C)
12 for that would be a fire consuming down to Abaddon,
    and it would burn to the root all my harvest.(D)

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