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Proverbs 30:20

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, “I have done no wrong.”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— So is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— So, is the way of a woman committing adultery,—she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no iniquity!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— So—the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Such also is the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Such is ye way also of an adulterous woman: she eateth and wipeth her mouth, and sayth, I haue not committed iniquitie.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I haue done no wickednesse.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no evil.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing amiss.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Such x3651
(3651) Complement
כֵּן
ken
{kane}
From H3559; properly set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjugation) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles).
[is] the way 1870
{1870} Prime
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
{deh'-rek}
From H1869; a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of action, often adverbially.
of an adulterous 5003
{5003} Prime
נָאַף
na'aph
{naw-af'}
A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively to apostatize.
z8764
<8764> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 685
woman; 802
{0802} Prime
אִשָּׁה
'ishshah
{ish-shaw'}
The first form is the feminine of H0376 or H0582; the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H0582).
she eateth, 398
{0398} Prime
אָכַל
'akal
{aw-kal'}
A primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
and wipeth 4229
{4229} Prime
מָחָה
machah
{maw-khaw'}
A primitive root; properly to stroke or rub; by implication to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), that is, grease or make fat; also to touch, that is, reach to.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
her mouth, 6310
{6310} Prime
פֶּה
peh
{peh}
From H6284; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literally or figuratively (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to.
and saith, 559
{0559} Prime
אָמַר
'amar
{aw-mar'}
A primitive root; to say (used with great latitude).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
I have done 6466
{6466} Prime
פָּעַל
pa`al
{paw-al'}
A primitive root; to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
no x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
wickedness. 205
{0205} Prime
אָוֶן
'aven
{aw-ven'}
From an unused root perhaps meaning properly to pant (hence to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught); strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 30:18-20.


Proverbs 30:20

_ _ she eateth ... mouth — that is, she hides the evidences of her shame and professes innocence.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 30:18-23.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 30:20

Such is — So secret and undiscernible. Eateth — The bread of deceit in secret.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Proverbs 30:20

Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and (k) wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

(k) She has her desires, and later counterfeits as though she were an honest woman.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Proverbs 7:13-23 So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said unto him, ... Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
Numbers 5:11-30 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ... Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
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