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10 then let my wife serve[a] another man;
    let other men sleep with her.
11 For lust is a shameful sin,
    a crime that should be punished.
12 It is a fire that burns all the way to hell.[b]
    It would wipe out everything I own.

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  1. 31:10 Hebrew grind for.
  2. 31:12 Hebrew to Abaddon.

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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  1. Job 31:12 Hebrew Abaddon