Job 31:9 · KJV
“If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or {if} I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;”
— Job 31:9
{Then} let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
{Then} let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
Job 31 — Context
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
8{Then} let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
9If 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.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:4
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, {that} his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as {was} the heart of David his father.
Judges 16:5
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength {lieth}, and by what {means} we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred {pieces} of silver. {afflict: or, humble}
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart {is} snares and nets, {and} her hands {as} bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. {whoso...: Heb. he that is good before God}
Hosea 7:4
They {are} all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, {who} ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. {who...: or, the raiser will cease} {raising: or, waking}
Proverbs 2:16-19
To deliver thee from the strange woman, {even} from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words;
Proverbs 6:25
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Jeremiah 5:8
They were {as} fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of strange women {is} a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.