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


In Context

16 Wiser is the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven men returning a reason.

17 Laying hold on the ears of a dog, Is a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

18 As one pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,

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

20 Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

21 Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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?