Proverbs 30:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

Young's Literal Translation
So—the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, ‘I have not done iniquity.’

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

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

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

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

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

and wipes
וּמָ֣חֲתָה (ū·mā·ḥă·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 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 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 559: To utter, say

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

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

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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