Job 31:10 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.
English ASV
Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.
English Amplified
Then let my wife grind [meal, like a bondslave] for another, and let others bow down upon her.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Then let my wife grind [meal, like a bondslave] for another, and let others bow down upon her.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
let my own wife grind grain for another man, and let other men sleep with her.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.
English EASY 2024
If I had done those things, my wife should prepare food for another man. It would be right for other men to have sex with her.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
then let my wife serve someone else, and let other men sleep with her.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down on her.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
then let my wife cook another man's food and sleep in another man's bed.
English God's Word - GW 1995
{then} let my wife grind for another {man}, and let other {men} kneel over her.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
let my own wife grind [grain] for another man, and let other men sleep with her.
English KJV 1611
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
English LSB
May my wife grind for another, And let others kneel down over her.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down over her.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
May my wife grind for another, And let others kneel down over her.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Then may my wife grind for another, and may others cohabit with her!
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men have sexual relations with her.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Then may my wife grind another man's grain. May other men have sex with her.
English NIV
then may my wife grind another man's grain, and may other men sleep with her.
English NKJ 1982
Then let my wife grind for another, And let others bow down over her.
English NLT
then may my wife belong to another man; may other men sleep with her.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
then let my wife grind for another, and let other men kneel over her.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
then may I die, and may my wife be in another man's home and someone else become her husband.
English Tyndale 1537
O then let my wife be another man's harlot and let other lie with her.