19So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.


In Context

16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.

17 As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so is he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth with another man's quarrel.

18 As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, and lances unto death :

19 So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.

20 When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.

21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.

Proverbs 26:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:19So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:19is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!"

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:19so is a man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am I not in sport?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, |Am I not joking?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:19So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, 'Am not I playing?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:19So is the man that deceives his neighbor, and said, Am not I in sport?