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Proverbs 30:20

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

KJV

Talis est et via mulieris adulteræ, quæ comedit, et tergens os suum dicit : Non sum operata malum.

Vulgate

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

ASV

כֵּ֤ן דֶּ֥רֶךְ אִשָּׁ֗ה מְנָ֫אָ֥פֶת אָ֭כְלָה וּ/מָ֣חֲתָה פִ֑י/הָ וְ֝/אָמְרָ֗ה לֹֽא פָעַ֥לְתִּי אָֽוֶן

Hebrew

Such also is the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
י
y
noun · 496×
יִמָּחֶ֥ה
ymchh
verb · 35×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 811×
מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים
mn'pym
verb · 31×
פֹּ֣עֲלֵי
p'ly
verb · 55×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 11:4 — And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
  • Gen 37:25 — And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it
  • Hos 12:8 — And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
  • Mal 2:14 — Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
  • Num 5:11 — And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
  • Num 5:13 — And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
  • Prov 5:6 — Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
  • Prov 5:6 — Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
  • Prov 7:13 — So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
  • Prov 9:17 — Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
  • Prov 14:9 — Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
  • Ps 32:5 — I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.