NET Bible
"so is a person who has deceived his neighbor, and said,“Was I not only joking?”"
— Proverbs 26:19, NET Bible
“So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?”
“So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport? ”
“is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"”
“So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.”
“So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?”
“So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?”
The sluggard is wiser in his own opinion than seven people who respond with good sense.
Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.
Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,
so is a person who has deceived his neighbor, and said,“Was I not only joking?”
Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.
Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; and they have gone down into a person’s innermost being.