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


In Context

17 "The eye that mocks a father, that scorns obedience to a mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.

18 "There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand:

19 the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.

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

21 "Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

22 a servant who becomes king, a fool who is full of food,

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 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 Darby 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 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.