the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Proverbs 30:20
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This is the way of an adulteress:she eats and wipes her mouthand says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”
So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have done no wrong."
This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wrong."
"This is the way of a woman who takes part in adultery: She acts as if she had eaten and washed her face; she says, ‘I haven't done anything wrong.'
This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth And says, "I have done no wrong."
So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
Such is ye way also of an adulterous woman: she eateth and wipeth her mouth, and sayth, I haue not committed iniquitie.
This is the way of an adulterous woman:She eats and wipes her mouth,And says, "I have done no wrong."
This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have done no wrong."
An unfaithful wife says, "Sleeping with another man is as natural as eating."
This is how an unfaithful wife behaves: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, "I did nothing wrong."
Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
A woman who is not faithful to her husband acts innocent. She eats, wipes her mouth, and says she has done nothing wrong.
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no evil.
This is how an unfaithful wife acts: she commits adultery, takes a bath, and says, "But I haven't done anything wrong!"
This is the way of a woman committing adultery: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says "I have not done wrong."
So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no evil.
Soch is the waye also of a wyfe yt breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth hir mouth like as wha she hath eate, & sayeth: As for me, I haue done no harme.
So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.
This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.
So is the way of an adulterous woman; {P}
Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I haue done no wickednesse.
A man worthy of credit shall be much blessed: but the wicked shall not be unpunished.
So is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Siche is the weie of a womman auowtresse, which etith, and wipith hir mouth, and seith, Y wrouyte not yuel.
So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eats, and wipes her mouth, And says, I have done no wickedness.
Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have not done wrong."
This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wickedness."
An adulterous woman consumes a man, then wipes her mouth and says, "What's wrong with that?"
This is the way of a woman who is not faithful in marriage: She eats and washes her mouth, and says, "I have done no wrong."
This is the way of an adulteress: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, "I have done no wrong."
So, is the way of a woman committing adultery, - she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no iniquity!
Such also is the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.
This is the way of an adulteress: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, "I have done no wrong."
So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, `I have not done iniquity.'
Here's how a prostitute operates: she has sex with her client, Takes a bath, then asks, "Who's next?"
This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wrong."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 7:13-23, Numbers 5:11-30
Reciprocal: Genesis 16:4 - her mistress Genesis 37:25 - they sat Numbers 5:13 - General 2 Samuel 11:4 - she was 2 Kings 5:25 - stood before Psalms 32:5 - have Proverbs 9:17 - eaten in secret Proverbs 14:9 - Fools Jeremiah 2:23 - How canst Hosea 12:8 - they Malachi 2:14 - Wherefore Matthew 26:25 - Judas
Cross-References
And she conceaued yet, & bare a sonne, and sayde: Nowe this once wyll my husbande kepe me company, because I haue borne him three sonnes: and therfore was his name called Leui.
To whom Lea aunswered: Is it not enough that thou hast taken away my husband, but wouldest take away my sonnes Mandragoras also? Then saide Rachel: well, let hym sleepe with thee this night for thy sonnes Mandragoras.
The sonnes of Lea: Ruben Iacobs first borne sonne, and Simeon, & Leui, and Iuda, and Isachar, and Zabulon.
The chyldren of Zabulon: Sered, and Elon, and Iahelel.
Zabulon shall dwell besyde the hauen of the sea, & nye the haue of shippes, his border shalbe vnto Sidon.
And Barak called Zabulon & Nephthalim to Kedes, and led after him ten thousande men: and Debora went vp with him.
Out of Ephraim was there a roote of them agaynst Amelek, and after thee Beniamin among thy people: Out of Machir came rulers, and out of Zabulon they that handell the penne of the writer.
There is litle Beniamin their ruler, & the princes of Iehuda their counsell: the princes of Zabulon [and] the princes of Nepthali.
And left Nazareth, and went & dwelt in Capernaum, whiche is (a citie) vpon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman,.... It is equally unknown as the way of a man with a maid; it is difficult to detect her, she takes so much care and caution, and uses so many artful methods to conceal her wickedness from her husband; though she lives in adultery, it is in a most private manner, and carried on so secretly and artfully that she is not easily discovered;
she eateth, and wipeth her mouth; like one that eats what he should not, wipes his mouth that it might not be known or suspected he had ate anything; so such an adulteress commits the sin of adultery; and when she has done looks as grave and demure, and carries it so to her husband and all her friends, as if she was the chastest person upon earth. The allusion may be to harlots, who after an impure congress used to wash themselves a, and had servants to wait upon them and serve them with water, called from hence "aquarioli" b;
and saith, I have done no wickedness; she says by her behaviour, by her demure looks; and if suspected and challenged with it utterly denies it. This is an emblem of the antichristian whore of Rome, who, though the mother of harlots, and abominations of the earth; though guilty of the foulest adultery, that is, the grossest idolatry, yet pretends to be the pure and chaste spouse of Christ; and, under the guise of purity and holiness, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness, seduces the minds of many; see Revelation 17:1.
a "Dedecus hoc sumpta dissimulavit aqua", Ovid. Amor. l. 3. Eleg. 6. in fine. b Tertull. Apolog. c. 43. Vid. Turnebi Adversar. l. 14. c. 12.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Another enigma. The four things of Proverbs 30:16 agreed in the common point of insatiableness; the four now mentioned agree in this, that they leave no trace behind them.
Proverbs 30:19
The way of a man with a maid - The act of sin leaves no outward mark upon the sinners.
