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10 then let my wife serve someone else,
    and let other men sleep with her.
11 To do such a thing would be shameful,
    a sin that must be punished.
12 Such sin is like a fire that burns until it destroys everything.
    It would completely ruin my life’s work.

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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