World English Bible

Job 31:10

“then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.”

Verse in context — Job 31

then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door,

then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

A poetic exploration of suffering, faith, and God’s sovereignty.