Job 31:10
Modern Translations
New International Version
then may my wife grind another man's grain, and may other men sleep with her.

New Living Translation
then let my wife serve another man; let other men sleep with her.

English Standard Version
then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down on her.

Berean Study Bible
then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.

New American Standard Bible
May my wife grind grain for another, And let others kneel down over her.

NASB 1995
May my wife grind for another, And let others kneel down over her.

NASB 1977
May my wife grind for another, And let others kneel down over her.

Amplified Bible
Let my wife grind [meal, like a bond slave] for another [man], And let others kneel down over her.

Christian Standard Bible
let my own wife grind grain for another man, and let other men sleep with her.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
let my own wife grind grain for another man, and let other men sleep with her.

Contemporary English Version
then let some stranger steal my wife from me.

Good News Translation
then let my wife cook another man's food and sleep in another man's bed.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[then] let my wife grind for another [man], and let other [men] kneel over her.

International Standard Version
then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her,

NET Bible
then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men have sexual relations with her.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

New King James Version
Then let my wife grind for another, And let others bow down over her.

King James 2000 Bible
Then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

New Heart English Bible
then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

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

American King James Version
Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down on her.

American Standard Version
Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

A Faithful Version
Then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

Darby Bible Translation
Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

English Revised Version
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Let my wife grinde vnto another man, and let other men bow downe vpon her:

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Then let my wife grinde vnto an other man, and let other men lye with her.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
O then let my wife be another mans harlot, and let other lye with her.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Let my wife grind to another, "" And let others bend over her.

Young's Literal Translation
Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.

Smith's Literal Translation
My wife shall grind for another, and others shall bow down upon her.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.

Catholic Public Domain Version
then let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lean over her.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Unless my wife has ground meal for others and she has baked in another place

Lamsa Bible
Then let my wife grind for another, and let her bake bread at another man's place,

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
then let my wife also please another, and let my children be brought low.
















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