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10 then let my wife grind for another,
    and let other men kneel over her.(A)
11 For that would be a heinous crime;
    that would be a criminal offense;(B)
12 for that would be a fire consuming down to Abaddon,
    and it would burn to the root all my harvest.(C)

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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