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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 seduced by my neighbor’s wife
or I have lurked at his door,
10 let my own wife grind grain for another man,
and let other men sleep with[a] her.
11 For that would be a disgrace;
it would be a crime deserving punishment.[b](A)
12 For it is a fire that consumes down to Abaddon;
it would destroy my entire harvest.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:10 Lit men kneel down over
  2. Job 31:11 Lit crime judges