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what I’ve planted, let another eat
    or let my crops be uprooted.”

No Adultery

“If my heart has been seduced by a woman
    and I’ve laid in wait at my friend’s door,
10 then let my wife cook[a] for another person
    and may someone else sleep with her,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:10 Lit. grind

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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