Proverbs 30:20
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Such also is the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.

Proverbs 7:13-23 I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows. . . .

Numbers 5:11-30 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: . . .

Context
The Words of Agur
19The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in youth. 20Such also is the way of an adulterous woman, who eateth and wipeth her mouth, and saith: I have done no evil.21By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot bear.…
Cross References
Proverbs 5:6
Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 30:21
By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot bear.

Lexicon
This
כֵּ֤ן ׀ (kên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus

is the way
דֶּ֥רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of an adulteress:
אִשָּׁ֗ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

She eats
אָ֭כְלָה (’ā·ḵə·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

and wipes
וּמָ֣חֲתָה (ū·mā·ḥă·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4229: To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to

her mouth
פִ֑יהָ (p̄î·hā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

and says,
וְ֝אָמְרָ֗ה (wə·’ā·mə·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“I have done
פָעַ֥לְתִּי (p̄ā·‘al·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6466: To do, make, to practise

no
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

wrong.”
אָֽוֶן׃ (’ā·wen)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol


Additional Translations
This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, “I have done no wrong.”Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and said, I have done no wickedness.

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

Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing amiss.

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

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

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

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

So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'
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