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


In Context

16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

17 Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18 Like a madman shooting firebrands or deadly arrows

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

20 Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.

21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:19So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.

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?