Proverbs 26 · Verse 19

Proverbs 26:19

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

Proverbs 26:19 in other translations

BSBso is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
WEBis the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
ASVSo is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?
YLTSo hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, ‘Am not I playing?'
DARBYso is a man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am I not in sport?
BBESo is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?
WebsterSo is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport?

What does Proverbs 26:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 26:18-19

18-19. Such are reckless of results.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Am not I in sport? - How many hearts have been made sad, and how many reputations have been slain, by this kind of sport! "I designed no harm by what I said;" "It was only in jest," etc. Sportive as such persons may think their conduct to be, it is as ruinous as that of the mad man who shoots arrows, throws firebrands, and projects in all directions instruments of death, so that some are wounded, some burnt, and some slain.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 26:18-19

He that sins in jest, must repent in earnest, or his sin will be his ruin.

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Proverbs 26:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֵּֽן\־ken-soH3651
אִ֭ישׁ'isha personH376
רִמָּ֣הri.Mah[who] he deceivesH7411
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
רֵעֵ֑הוּre.'E.huneighbor hisH7453
וְ֝אָמַ֗רve.'a.Marand he saysH559
הֲֽלֹא\־halo'-¿ notH3808
מְשַׂחֵ֥קme.sa.ChekjestingH7832
אָֽנִי\׃'A.ni[was] IH589

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 26:19

  • Ephesians 5:4

    Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

  • Proverbs 10:23

    It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • Proverbs 14:9

    Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

  • Proverbs 15:21

    Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • 2 Peter 2:13

    And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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10:23; 14:9; 15:21; Eph 5:4; 2Pe 2:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 26:18

    As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

  • Proverbs 26:19

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

  • Proverbs 26:20

    Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Read all of Proverbs 26

Proverbs 26:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tal es el hombre que daña á su amigo, y dice: Ciertamente me chanceaba.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		ainsi est l’homme qui trompe son prochain, et qui dit: N’était-ce pas pour plaisanter?
German
Elberfelder 1871		so ein Mann, der seinen Nächsten betrügt und spricht: Habe ich nicht Scherz getrieben?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ita vir fraudulenter nocet amico suo, et cum fuerit deprehensus dicit: Ludens feci.