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Proverbs 30:20
Here's how a prostitute operates: she has sex with her client, Takes a bath, then asks, "Who's next?"
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Christian Standard Bible®
This is the way of an adulteress:she eats and wipes her mouthand says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”
This is the way of an adulteress:she eats and wipes her mouthand says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”
Hebrew Names Version
So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
King James Version
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, 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.
English Standard Version
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 adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have done no wrong."
New American Standard Bible
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 adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wrong."
New Century Version
"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 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.'
Amplified Bible
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 adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth And says, "I have done no wrong."
World English Bible
So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
Geneva Bible (1587)
Such is ye way also of an adulterous woman: she eateth and wipeth her mouth, and sayth, I haue not committed iniquitie.
Such is ye way also of an adulterous woman: she eateth and wipeth her mouth, and sayth, I haue not committed iniquitie.
Legacy Standard Bible
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 adulterous woman:She eats and wipes her mouth,And says, "I have done no wrong."
Berean Standard Bible
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 adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have done no wrong."
Contemporary English Version
An unfaithful wife says, "Sleeping with another man is as natural as eating."
An unfaithful wife says, "Sleeping with another man is as natural as eating."
Complete Jewish Bible
This is how an unfaithful wife behaves: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, "I did nothing wrong."
This is how an unfaithful wife behaves: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, "I did nothing wrong."
Darby Translation
Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
A woman who is not faithful to her husband acts innocent. She eats, wipes her mouth, and says she has done nothing wrong.
A woman who is not faithful to her husband acts innocent. She eats, wipes her mouth, and says she has done nothing wrong.
George Lamsa Translation
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no evil.
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no evil.
Good News Translation
This is how an unfaithful wife acts: she commits adultery, takes a bath, and says, "But I haven't done anything wrong!"
This is how an unfaithful wife acts: she commits adultery, takes a bath, and says, "But I haven't done anything wrong!"
Lexham English Bible
This is the way of a woman committing adultery: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says "I have not done wrong."
This is the way of a woman committing adultery: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says "I have not done wrong."
Literal Translation
So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no evil.
So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no evil.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
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.
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.
American Standard Version
So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.
So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.
Bible in Basic English
This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.
This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So is the way of an adulterous woman; {P}
So is the way of an adulterous woman; {P}
King James Version (1611)
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 of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I haue done no wickednesse.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.
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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A man worthy of credit shall be much blessed: but the wicked shall not be unpunished.
A man worthy of credit shall be much blessed: but the wicked shall not be unpunished.
English Revised Version
So is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
So is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Siche is the weie of a womman auowtresse, which etith, and wipith hir mouth, and seith, Y wrouyte not yuel.
Siche is the weie of a womman auowtresse, which etith, and wipith hir mouth, and seith, Y wrouyte not yuel.
Update Bible Version
So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eats, and wipes her mouth, And says, I have done no wickedness.
So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eats, and wipes her mouth, And says, I have done no wickedness.
Webster's Bible Translation
Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, 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.
New English Translation
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 not done wrong."
New King James Version
This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wickedness."
This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wickedness."
New Living Translation
An adulterous woman consumes a man, then wipes her mouth and says, "What's wrong with that?"
An adulterous woman consumes a man, then wipes her mouth and says, "What's wrong with that?"
New Life Bible
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 a woman who is not faithful in marriage: She eats and washes her mouth, and says, "I have done no wrong."
New Revised Standard
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 adulteress: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, "I have done no wrong."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So, is the way of a woman committing adultery, - she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no iniquity!
So, is the way of a woman committing adultery, - she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no iniquity!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Such also is the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.
Such also is the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.
Revised Standard Version
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 adulteress: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, "I have done no wrong."
Young's Literal Translation
So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, `I have not done iniquity.'
So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, `I have not done iniquity.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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 adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wrong."
Contextual Overview
18Three things amaze me, no, four things I'll never understand— how an eagle flies so high in the sky, how a snake glides over a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, why adolescents act the way they do. 20 Here's how a prostitute operates: she has sex with her client, Takes a bath, then asks, "Who's next?" 21Three things are too much for even the earth to bear, yes, four things shake its foundations— when the janitor becomes the boss, when a fool gets rich, when a whore is voted "woman of the year," when a "girlfriend" replaces a faithful wife.
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
Genesis 30:15
Leah said, "Wasn't it enough that you got my husband away from me? And now you also want my son's mandrakes?" Rachel said, "All right. I'll let him sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son's love-apples."
Leah said, "Wasn't it enough that you got my husband away from me? And now you also want my son's mandrakes?" Rachel said, "All right. I'll let him sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son's love-apples."
Genesis 35:23
God spoke to Jacob: "Go back to Bethel. Stay there and build an altar to the God who revealed himself to you when you were running for your life from your brother Esau." Jacob told his family and all those who lived with him, "Throw out all the alien gods which you have, take a good bath and put on clean clothes, we're going to Bethel. I'm going to build an altar there to the God who answered me when I was in trouble and has stuck with me everywhere I've gone since." They turned over to Jacob all the alien gods they'd been holding on to, along with their lucky-charm earrings. Jacob buried them under the oak tree in Shechem. Then they set out. A paralyzing fear descended on all the surrounding villages so that they were unable to pursue the sons of Jacob. Jacob and his company arrived at Luz, that is, Bethel, in the land of Canaan. He built an altar there and named it El-Bethel (God-of-Bethel) because that's where God revealed himself to him when he was running from his brother. And that's when Rebekah's nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried just below Bethel under the oak tree. It was named Allon-Bacuth (Weeping-Oak). God revealed himself once again to Jacob, after he had come back from Paddan Aram and blessed him: "Your name is Jacob (Heel); but that's your name no longer. From now on your name is Israel (God-Wrestler)." God continued, I am The Strong God. Have children! Flourish! A nation—a whole company of nations!— will come from you. Kings will come from your loins; the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now give to you, and pass it on to your descendants. And then God was gone, ascended from the place where he had spoken with him. Jacob set up a stone pillar on the spot where God had spoken with him. He poured a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil. Jacob dedicated the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel (God's-House). They left Bethel. They were still quite a ways from Ephrath when Rachel went into labor—hard, hard labor. When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid—you have another boy." With her last breath, for she was now dying, she named him Ben-oni (Son-of-My-Pain), but his father named him Ben-jamin (Son-of-Good-Fortune). Rachel died and was buried on the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. Jacob set up a pillar to mark her grave. It is still there today, "Rachel's Grave Stone." Israel kept on his way and set up camp at Migdal Eder. While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went and slept with his father's concubine, Bilhah. And Israel heard of what he did. There were twelve sons of Jacob. The sons by Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn Simeon Levi Judah Issachar Zebulun. The sons by Rachel: Joseph Benjamin. The sons by Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan Naphtali. The sons by Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad Asher. These were Jacob's sons, born to him in Paddan Aram. Finally, Jacob made it back home to his father Isaac at Mamre in Kiriath Arba, present-day Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived. Isaac was now 180 years old. Isaac breathed his last and died—an old man full of years. He was buried with his family by his sons Esau and Jacob.
God spoke to Jacob: "Go back to Bethel. Stay there and build an altar to the God who revealed himself to you when you were running for your life from your brother Esau." Jacob told his family and all those who lived with him, "Throw out all the alien gods which you have, take a good bath and put on clean clothes, we're going to Bethel. I'm going to build an altar there to the God who answered me when I was in trouble and has stuck with me everywhere I've gone since." They turned over to Jacob all the alien gods they'd been holding on to, along with their lucky-charm earrings. Jacob buried them under the oak tree in Shechem. Then they set out. A paralyzing fear descended on all the surrounding villages so that they were unable to pursue the sons of Jacob. Jacob and his company arrived at Luz, that is, Bethel, in the land of Canaan. He built an altar there and named it El-Bethel (God-of-Bethel) because that's where God revealed himself to him when he was running from his brother. And that's when Rebekah's nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried just below Bethel under the oak tree. It was named Allon-Bacuth (Weeping-Oak). God revealed himself once again to Jacob, after he had come back from Paddan Aram and blessed him: "Your name is Jacob (Heel); but that's your name no longer. From now on your name is Israel (God-Wrestler)." God continued, I am The Strong God. Have children! Flourish! A nation—a whole company of nations!— will come from you. Kings will come from your loins; the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now give to you, and pass it on to your descendants. And then God was gone, ascended from the place where he had spoken with him. Jacob set up a stone pillar on the spot where God had spoken with him. He poured a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil. Jacob dedicated the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel (God's-House). They left Bethel. They were still quite a ways from Ephrath when Rachel went into labor—hard, hard labor. When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid—you have another boy." With her last breath, for she was now dying, she named him Ben-oni (Son-of-My-Pain), but his father named him Ben-jamin (Son-of-Good-Fortune). Rachel died and was buried on the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. Jacob set up a pillar to mark her grave. It is still there today, "Rachel's Grave Stone." Israel kept on his way and set up camp at Migdal Eder. While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went and slept with his father's concubine, Bilhah. And Israel heard of what he did. There were twelve sons of Jacob. The sons by Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn Simeon Levi Judah Issachar Zebulun. The sons by Rachel: Joseph Benjamin. The sons by Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan Naphtali. The sons by Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad Asher. These were Jacob's sons, born to him in Paddan Aram. Finally, Jacob made it back home to his father Isaac at Mamre in Kiriath Arba, present-day Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived. Isaac was now 180 years old. Isaac breathed his last and died—an old man full of years. He was buried with his family by his sons Esau and Jacob.
Genesis 46:14
Zebulun's sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
Zebulun's sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
Genesis 49:13
Zebulun settles down on the seashore; he's a safe harbor for ships, right alongside Sidon.
Zebulun settles down on the seashore; he's a safe harbor for ships, right alongside Sidon.
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.
