Job 31:10

King James 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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King James 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 inherit 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 the LORD, 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 neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
Isa 47:2 : 2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
Exod 11:5 : 5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
Deut 28:30 : 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes 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 elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. 14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
Matt 24:41 : 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

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