Job 31:11 · KJV
“For this {is} an heinous crime; yea, it {is} an iniquity {to be punished by} the judges.”
— Job 31:11
{Then} let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
For it {is} a fire {that} consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Job 31 — Context
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or {if} I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
10{Then} let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
11For this {is} an heinous crime; yea, it {is} an iniquity {to be punished by} the judges.
12For it {is} a fire {that} consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
Cross References
Leviticus 20:10
And the man that committeth adultery with {another} man's wife, {even he} that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Job 31:28
This also {were} an iniquity {to be punished by} the judge: for I should have denied the God {that is} above.
Deuteronomy 22:22-24
If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, {both} the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
Genesis 38:24
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she {is} with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
Exodus 20:14
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Ezekiel 16:38
And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. {as: Heb. with judgments of}
Genesis 26:10
And Abimelech said, What {is} this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
Proverbs 6:29-33
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.