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Proverbs Chapter 30 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 30:20

So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.
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BBE Proverbs 30:20

This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.
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DARBY Proverbs 30:20

Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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KJV Proverbs 30:20

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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WBT Proverbs 30:20

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WEB Proverbs 30:20

So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
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YLT Proverbs 30:20

So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, `I have not done iniquity.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - This verse is a kind of gloss or illustration of the last thought of the preceding verse, and seems not to have formed an original part of the numerical proverb. It might well be placed in a parenthesis. Many commentators consider it to be an interpolation. Such is the way of an adulterous woman. What Agur had said of a man above, he now applies to the practised adulteress, whose sin cannot be traced. She eateth. This is a euphemism for the sin which she commits, "Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant" (Proverbs 9:17; comp. Proverbs 5:15). And wipeth her mouth, as if to leave no trace of her illicit repast. And saith, I have done no wickedness. As she has sinned in secret, and there is no outward proof of her guilt, she boldly denies it. Septuagint, "Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who, when she has committed the act, having washed herself, says she has done nothing amiss." She forgets him who seeth in secret, and is quite content to escape detection at man's eyes, and to assume the character of a virtuous wife, which popular report assigns to her.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Such is the way of an adulterous woman.--As there is no proof of her guilt, she flatly denies it.