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Job 31:10

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

KJV

scortum alterius sit uxor mea, et super illam incurventur alii.

Vulgate

ἀρέσαι ἄρα καὶ ἡ γυνή μου ἑτέρῳ, τὰ δὲ νήπιά μου ταπεινωθείη.

LXX

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

ASV

תִּטְחַ֣ן לְ/אַחֵ֣ר אִשְׁתִּ֑/י וְ֝/עָלֶ֗י/הָ יִכְרְע֥וּ/ן אֲחֵרִֽין

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲחֵרִ֔ים
'chrym
adjective · 166×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
טָחוֹן֙
tchvn
verb · 8×
כָֽרְעוּ֙
kr'v
verb · 36×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 12:11 — Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in
  • Deut 28:30 — Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
  • Deut 28:30 — Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
  • Exod 11:5 — And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the first
  • Isa 47:2 — Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
  • Isa 47:2 — Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
  • Jer 8:10 — Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unt