Job 31:11 — Meaning and Application

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

{Then} let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

For this {is} an heinous crime; yea, it {is} an iniquity {to be punished by} the judges.

For it {is} a fire {that} consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;