Proverbs 30:20
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Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
In other translations
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
Hebrew words
כֵּן׀ken[is] thusH3651דֶּרֶךְderekh[the] way ofH1870אִשָּׁה'ishaha womanH802מְנָאָפֶתmena'afetadulterousH5003אָכְלָה'akhelahshe eatsH398וּמָחֲתָהumachatahand she wipes cleanH4229פִיהָfihamouth herH6310וְאָמְרָהve'amerahand she saysH559לֹא־lo'-notH3808פָעַלְתִּיfa'altiI have doneH6466אָוֶן׃ פ'avenwickednessH205
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Related verses
- Proverbs 7:13-2313 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, 14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.13 She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him: 14 “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows. 15 So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you. 16 I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
- Proverbs 5:6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
- Numbers 5:11-3011 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner; 14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:11 Then the LORD said to Moses, 12 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him 13 by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act), 14 and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—
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