20This 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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Thisכֵּ֤ן׀H3651Adverbis the wayדֶּ֥רֶךְH1870Noun - common singular constructof an adulteressאִשָּׁ֗הH802Noun - feminine singular. . .מְנָ֫אָ֥פֶתH5003Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singularShe eatsאָ֭כְלָהH398Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularand wipesוּמָ֣חֲתָהH4229Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularher mouthפִ֑יהָH6310Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularand saysוְ֝אָמְרָ֗הH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularI have doneפָעַ֥לְתִּיH6466Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularnothingלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlewrongאָֽוֶן׃פH205Noun - masculine singular