Proverbs 30:20

Proverbs 30:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
• New International Version (NIV)“This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have done no wrong."
• New King James Version (NKJV)This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, “I have done no wickedness.”

Context of Proverbs 30:20

18Three things are too wondrous for me; four I can’t understand: 19the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship at sea, and the way of a man with a young woman. This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.” 21The earth trembles under three things; it cannot bear up under four: 22a servant when he becomes king, a fool when he is stuffed with food,

Proverbs 30:20 word by word

כֵּ֤ן׀ דֶּ֥רֶךְ אִשָּׁ֗ה מְנָ֫אָ֥פֶת אָ֭כְלָה וּמָ֣חֲתָה פִ֑יהָ וְ֝אָמְרָ֗ה לֹֽא־פָעַ֥לְתִּי אָֽוֶן׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• of an adulterousנָאַףnâ'aph · to commit adulteryH5003
• womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• she eatethאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• and wipethמָחָהmâchâh · to wipeH4229
• her mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• and saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• I have doneפָּעַלpâ‛al · to workH6466
• no wickednessאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: wickednessH205

Cross-references for Proverbs 30:20

• Proverbs 7:13She grabs him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him,
• Numbers 5:11The Lord spoke to Moses:

Commentaries on Proverbs 30:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18-20Verses 18-20 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-20Verses 18-20 Four things cannot be fully known. The kingdom of nature is full of marvels. The fourth is a mystery of iniquity; the cursed arts by which a vile seducer gains the affections of a female; and the arts which a vile woman uses to conceal her wickedness.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20The writer is shocked by sex outside of marriage.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2018-20. Hypocrisy is illustrated by four examples of the concealment of all methods or traces of action, and a pertinent example of double dealing in actual vice is added, that is, the adulterous woman.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 30:20

• Adultery
• Conscience
• Lasciviousness
• Riddle
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Agur
• Convenient
• Folk
• Food
• Massa
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Wickedness
• Zoology

Commentaries on Proverbs 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings