Proverbs 30:20

The Words of Agur

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 maiden. 20This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

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Berean Standard Bible
This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Such is also the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.
Free Bible Version
This is the way of a woman who commits adultery: she eats, she wipes her mouth, and then says, “I haven't done anything wrong!”
Geneva Bible 1599
Such is ye way also of an adulterous woman: she eateth and wipeth her mouth, and sayth, I haue not committed iniquitie.
King James (Authorized) Version
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
One Unity Resource Bible
“So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
Translation for Translators
This is what a woman who ◄is not faithful to/does not have sex only with► her husband does: She commits adultery [EUP], and then bathes and says, “I have not done anything that is wrong!”
Unlocked Literal Bible
This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and she wipes her mouth and says, “I have done nothing wrong.”
Noah Webster Bible
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
World English Bible
“So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing 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.'