Job 31:9

Job chapter 31 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door;

King James Version · 1611

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;

American Standard Version · 1901

If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door;

v.8Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

v.9This passage

v.10Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
Nehemiah 13:26
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.
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.
Job 24:15
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.
Proverbs 7:21
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
Hosea 7:4
They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened.