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


In Context

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

17 Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

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

20 For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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?