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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.'
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.
Such is the way also of a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth her mouth [lyke as] when she hath eaten, and sayth, as for me 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 conceiued againe & bare a sonne, and said, Now at this time wil my husband keepe mee company, because I haue borne him three sonnes: therefore was his name called Leui.
But shee answered her, Is it a small matter for thee to take mine husband, except thou take my sonnes mandrakes also? Then sayde Rahel, Therefore he shall sleepe with thee this night for thy sonnes mandrakes.
The sonnes of Leah: Reuben Iaakobs eldest sonne, and Simeon, and Leui, and Iudah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
Also the sonnes of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Iahleel.
Zebulun shall dwell by the sea side, and he shalbe an hauen for shippes: and his border shalbe vnto Zidon.
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he went vp on his feete with ten thousand men, and Deborah went vp with him.
Of Ephraim their roote arose against Amalek: & after thee, Beniamin shall fight against thy people, O Amalek: of Machir came rulers, & of Zebulun they yt handle the pen of the writer.
There was litle Beniamin with their ruler, and the princes of Iudah with their assemblie, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
And leauing Nazareth, went and dwelt in Capernaum, which is nere the sea 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.
