Bible verse
If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
Job 31:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 31.
5 If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
6 let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
7 If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
8 then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
9 If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
10 then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.
11 For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
12 For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
13 If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
KJV
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
ASV
If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door;
ERV
If mine heart have been enticed unto a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door:
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