Job 31:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תִּטְחַ֣ן לְאַחֵ֣ר אִשְׁתִּ֑י וְ֝עָלֶ֗יהָ יִכְרְע֥וּן אֲחֵרִֽין׃

Transliteration

tiṭḥan lə-ʾaḥēr ʾištî and-upon-her yikrəʿûn ʾăḥērîn

Grammar Details

*tiṭḥan*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular jussive - let her grind
*lə-ʾaḥēr*: preposition with adjective, masculine singular - for another
*ʾištî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my wife
*yikrəʿûn*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural paragogic nun - they would bow down
*ʾăḥērîn*: adjective, masculine plural - others

Word Meanings

*tiṭḥan*: let her grind/may she grind [grain, euphemism for sexual relations]
*ʾaḥēr*: another/someone else
*yikrəʿûn*: bow down/kneel/stoop [euphemism for sexual relations]
*ʾăḥērîn*: others/other men

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 8:10 : 10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
2 Sam 12:11 : 11 Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house; and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
Isa 47:2 : 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.
Exod 11:5 : 5 and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the first-born of cattle.
Deut 28:30 : 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.
Hos 4:13-14 : 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters play the harlot, and your brides commit adultery. 14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for [the men] themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown.
Matt 24:41 : 41 two women [shall be] grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.

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