Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
Job 31:10 stands within the debate between Job and his three friends over his afflictions, a debate extending from chapter 4 through chapter 31 and ordered in three rounds of speeches by each. It belongs to Job's challenge for God to judge him if his moral character is stained, made in his declaration that he has kept faith with his wife and has not committed adultery. In that challenge it names the shameful punishment he calls down upon himself if he has been unfaithful to her. The chapter's protestation of integrity is stronger evidence of honesty than merely being free from debt to other people.
Job 31:10 stands within the debate between Job and his three friends over his afflictions, a debate extending from chapter 4 through chapter 31 and ordered in three rounds of speeches by each. It belongs to Job's challenge for God to judge him if his moral character is stained, made in his declaration that he has kept faith with his wife and has not committed adultery. In that challenge it names the shameful punishment he calls down upon himself if he has been unfaithful to her. The chapter's protestation of integrity is stronger evidence of honesty than merely being free from debt to other people.