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


In Context

17 The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

18 There are three things too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:

19 The way of an eagle in the heavens, 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.

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

21 Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:

22 Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;

Proverbs 30:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

30:20"This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, 'I've done nothing wrong.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:20Such is also the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:20So — the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and said, I have done no wickedness.