JOB 31:10 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) then may my wife prepare meals for someone else,
⇔ and may others take advantage of her.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX ἀρέσαι ἄρα καὶ ἡ γυνή μου ἑτέρῳ, τὰ δὲ νήπιά μου ταπεινωθείη.
(aresai ara kai haʸ gunaʸ mou heterōi, ta de naʸpia mou tapeinōtheiaʸ. )

UST If I have done that, I hope that my own wife will be attracted to another man
⇔ and that she will have sexual relations with him.

BSB then may my own wife grind grain for another,
⇔ and may other men sleep with her.

OEB May my own wife grind to another,
⇔ And let others bow down upon her.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET then let my wife turn the millstone for another man,
⇔ and may other men have sexual relations with her.

LSV Let my wife grind to another,
And let others bend over her.

FBV then let my wife serve[fn] another, let other men sleep with her.

31:10 Literally, “grind corn for.”

T4T I hope/desire that my wife will become the servant/slave of another man
⇔ and have sex [EUP] with him.

LEB • and let other men kneel over her,

BBE Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

ASV Then let my wife grind unto another,
⇔ And let others bow down upon her.

DRA Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.

YLT Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.

Drby Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

RV Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

Wbstr Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.

KJB-1769 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

KJB-1611 Then let my wife grind vnto another, and let others bow downe vpon her.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Then let my wife grinde vnto an other man, and let other men lye with her.
(Then let my wife grinde unto an other man, and let other men lie with her.)

Gnva Let my wife grinde vnto another man, and let other men bow downe vpon her:
(Let my wife grinde unto another man, and let other men bow down upon her: )

Cvdl O then let my wife be another mans harlot, and let other lye with her.
(O then let my wife be another mans harlot, and let other lie with her.)

Wycl and othir men be bowid doun on hir.
(and other men be bowid down on her.)

Luth so müsse mein Weib von einem andern geschändet werden, und andere müssen sie beschlafen.
(so müsse my woman from one change geschändet become, and other müssen they/she/them beschlafen.)

ClVg scortum alterius sit uxor mea, et super illam incurventur alii.
(scortum alterius let_it_be wife mea, and over illam incurventur alii. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

תִּטְחַ֣ן לְ⁠אַחֵ֣ר אִשְׁתִּ֑⁠י

grind for,another wife,my

Job is using the term grind, meaning to grind grain, by association to mean “be a concubine,” since concubines did the work of grinding grain for their masters, who were also their husbands. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. See the General Notes to this chapter for a further discussion of this verse. Alternate translation: “may my wife become the concubine of another man”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

וְ֝⁠עָלֶ֗י⁠הָ יִכְרְע֥וּ⁠ן אֲחֵרִֽין

and,over,her kneel, other

Job is using the phrase bow down upon to mean “have sexual relations with.” This is mild way of referring to something that is usually done in private. Your language may have a similar expression that you could use in your translation. Alternate translation: “and may others sleep with her”

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