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


In Context

17 |The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

18 |There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don't understand:

19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.

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

21 |For three things the earth tremble, and under four, it can't bear up:

22 For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with 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 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 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 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.