Job 31:10
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Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.

grind

Exodus 11:5 And every firstborn in the land of the Egyptians shall die, from the firstborn of Pharao who sitteth on his throne, even to the firstborn of the handmaid that is at the mill, and all the firstborn of beasts.

Isaiah 47:2 Take a millstone and grind meal: uncover thy shame, strip thy shoulder, make bare thy legs, pass over the rivers.

Matthew 24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill. One shall be taken and one shall be left.

and let

2 Samuel 12:11 Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thy own house, and I will take thy wives before thy eyes and give them to thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

Jeremiah 8:10 Therefore will I give their women to strangers, their fields to others for an inheritance: because from the least even to the greatest all follow covetousness: from the prophet even to the priest all deal deceitfully.

Hosea 4:13,14 They offered sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burnt incense upon the hills: under the oak, and the poplar, and the turpentine tree, because the shadow thereof was good: therefore shall your daughters commit fornication, and your spouses shall be adulteresses. . . .

Context
Job's Final Appeal
9If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend's door: 10Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.11For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:30
Mayst thou take a wife, and another sleep with her. Mayst thou build a house, and not dwell therein. Mayest thou plant a vineyard and not gather the vintage thereof.

Isaiah 47:2
Take a millstone and grind meal: uncover thy shame, strip thy shoulder, make bare thy legs, pass over the rivers.

Jeremiah 8:10
Therefore will I give their women to strangers, their fields to others for an inheritance: because from the least even to the greatest all follow covetousness: from the prophet even to the priest all deal deceitfully.

Lexicon
then may my own wife
אִשְׁתִּ֑י (’iš·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

grind grain
תִּטְחַ֣ן (tiṭ·ḥan)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2912: To grind meal, to be a, concubine

for another,
לְאַחֵ֣ר (lə·’a·ḥêr)
Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other

and may other men
אֲחֵרִֽין׃ (’ă·ḥê·rîn)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other

sleep
יִכְרְע֥וּן (yiḵ·rə·‘ūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 3766: To bend the knee, to sink, to prostrate

with her.
וְ֝עָלֶ֗יהָ (wə·‘ā·le·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against


Additional Translations
then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down on her.

Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

then let my wife also please another, and let my children be brought low.

Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.

then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.
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