let someone else eat what I have sown,
and let my crops be uprooted.(A)

If my heart has been seduced by my neighbor’s wife
or I have lurked at his door,
10 let my own wife grind grain for another man,
and let other men sleep with[a] her.

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  1. Job 31:10 Lit men kneel down over

then may others eat what I have sown,(A)
    and may my crops be uprooted.(B)

“If my heart has been enticed(C) by a woman,(D)
    or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
10 then may my wife grind(E) another man’s grain,
    and may other men sleep with her.(F)

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