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10 
Let my wife grind [meal, like a bond slave] for another [man],
And let others [a]kneel down over her.
11 
“For adultery is a heinous and lustful crime;
Moreover, it would be a sin punishable by the judges.(A)
12 
“For it is a fire which consumes to Abaddon (destruction, ruin, final torment);
And [illicit passion] would burn and rage and uproot all my [life’s] increase [destroying everything].

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  1. Job 31:10 I.e. participate in sexual intimacy.

10 then may my wife grind(A) another man’s grain,
    and may other men sleep with her.(B)
11 For that would have been wicked,(C)
    a sin to be judged.(D)
12 It is a fire(E) that burns to Destruction[a];(F)
    it would have uprooted my harvest.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:12 Hebrew Abaddon