“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

“If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,
    and I have (A)lain in wait at my neighbor's door,
10 then let my wife (B)grind for another,
    and let others (C)bow down on her.
11 For that would be a heinous crime;
    that would be an iniquity (D)to be punished by the judges;
12 for that would be a fire (E)that consumes as far as Abaddon,
    and it would burn to the root all my increase.

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