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Proverbs 26:19
So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'
Proverbs 26:19 · Young's Literal Translation
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Proverbs 26:19 in other translations
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
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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.
22 The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.
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