Proverbs 30:20

“So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

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WEBBE

“So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

BSB

This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

KJV

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

ASV

So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

BBE

This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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.

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