SinaiProverbs 26:19
American Standard Version
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?
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Proverbs 26:19 in other translations
is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
Proverbs 26:19 in context
- 17He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
- 18As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,
- 19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?
- 20For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
- 21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.