20 This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
Focused Passage
Proverbs 30:20
The Sayings of Agur: Humility, the Word of God, Contentment, Wonder, and the Limits of Human Wisdom
The chapter moves from Agur's confession of human limitation, to confidence in God's flawless word, to prayer for truth and contentment, to warnings about arrogance, greed, and dishonor, to wonder at creation and the mystery of hidden ways, to social disorder, to wisdom learned from small creatures, and finally to restraint against self-exaltation and anger.
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Verse 20
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This כֵּ֤ן׀ H3651 Adverb is the way דֶּ֥רֶךְ H1870 Noun - common singular construct of an adulteress אִשָּׁ֗ה H802 Noun - feminine singular . . . מְנָ֫אָ֥פֶת H5003 Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular She eats אָ֭כְלָה H398 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular and wipes וּמָ֣חֲתָה H4229 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular her mouth פִ֑יהָ H6310 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular and says וְ֝אָמְרָ֗ה H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular I have done פָעַ֥לְתִּי H6466 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular nothing לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle wrong אָֽוֶן׃פ H205 Noun - masculine singular