20 "This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, 'I've done nothing wrong.'

Other Translations of Proverbs 30:20

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

20 This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have done no wrong."

The Message

20 Here's how a prostitute operates: she has sex with her client, Takes a bath, then asks, "Who's next?" Four Intolerables

New King James Version

20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wickedness."

New Living Translation

20 An adulterous woman consumes a man, then wipes her mouth and says, "What's wrong with that?"

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 30:20

Commentary on Proverbs 30:18-20

(Read Proverbs 30:18-20)

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.