KJV ORIGINAL
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Then let my wife serve another man, and let other men have relations with her.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Job is making a solemn oath, saying that if he has committed adultery, then he would accept the ultimate shame of his own wife being unfaithful to him.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of Job's final defense speech where he lists various sins and calls down curses upon himself if he has committed them. In ancient Middle Eastern culture, a man's wife being unfaithful was considered one of the greatest shames and dishonors that could befall him. Job is essentially saying he would accept this ultimate humiliation as just punishment if he had been guilty of adultery himself.
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