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The Book of Job, Chapter 31, Verse 9

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[Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
King James Version
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
American Standard Version
If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;
New English Translation
If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,
World English Bible
"If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door,
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[Then] let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
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For this [is] an heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges.
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For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
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If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
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What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
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Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
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If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
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Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
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(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
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If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;