Proverbs 30:20
This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
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ASV
So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.
KJV
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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11 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כֵּ֤ן׀ | ken | [is] thus | H3651 → |
| דֶּ֥רֶךְ | De.rekh | [the] way of | H1870 → |
| אִשָּׁ֗ה | 'i.Shah | a woman | H802 → |
| מְנָ֫אָ֥פֶת | me.Na.'A.fet | adulterous | H5003 → |
| אָ֭כְלָה | 'A.khe.lah | she eats | H398 → |
| וּמָ֣חֲתָה | u.Ma.cha.tah | and she wipes clean | H4229 → |
| פִ֑יהָ | Fi.ha | mouth her | H6310 → |
| וְ֝אָמְרָ֗ה | ve.'a.me.Rah | and she says | H559 → |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| פָעַ֥לְתִּי | fa.'Al.ti | I have done | H6466 → |
| אָֽוֶן׃ פ | 'A.ven | wickedness | H205 → |
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