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10     Then let my wife be taken by another,
        to grind his grain or do whatever he pleases,
    And let other men kneel down over her
11         because adultery is such a lewd, scandalous act,
        an offense punishable by the court,
12     For it is a fire that burns until the destruction is complete.
        Had I done it, it would have undone all that I had gained.

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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