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10 Then let my wife grind [meal, like a bondslave] for another, and let others bow down upon her.

11 For [adultery] is a heinous and chief crime, an iniquity [to demand action by] the judges and punishment.(A)

12 For [uncontrolled passion] is a fire which consumes to Abaddon (to destruction, ruin, and the place of final torment); [that fire once lighted would rage until all is consumed] and would burn to the root all my [life’s] increase.

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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