Proverbs 30:20
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Proverbs 30:20 in other translations
| BSB | This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’ |
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| WEB | “So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’ |
| ASV | So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness. |
| YLT | So--the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, ‘I have not done iniquity.' |
| DARBY | Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. |
| BBE | This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong. |
| Webster | Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. |
What does Proverbs 30:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 30:18-20
18-20. Hypocrisy is illustrated by four examples of the concealment of all methods or traces of action, and a pertinent example of double dealing in actual vice is added, that is, the adulterous woman.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 30:18-20
Four things cannot be fully known. The kingdom of nature is full of marvels. The fourth is a mystery of iniquity; the cursed arts by which a vile seducer gains the affections of a female; and the arts which a vile woman uses to conceal her wickedness.
Proverbs 30:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 30:20
- Proverbs 7:13-23
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. …
- Proverbs 5:6
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
- Numbers 5:11-30
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 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; 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: …
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Context
- Proverbs 30:19
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
- Proverbs 30:20
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
- Proverbs 30:21
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
Proverbs 30:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tal es el rastro de la mujer adúltera: come, y limpia su boca, y dice: No he hecho maldad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tel est le chemin de la femme adultère: elle mange et s’essuie la bouche, et dit: Je n’ai point commis d’iniquité. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Also ist der Weg eines ehebrecherischen Weibes: sie ißt, und wischt ihren Mund und spricht: Ich habe kein Unrecht begangen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Talis est et via mulieris adulteræ, quæ comedit, et tergens os suum dicit: Non sum operata malum. |