Proverbios 26:19

19 así es el hombre que engaña a su prójimo, y dice: ¿Acaso no estaba yo bromeando?

Proverbios 26:19 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 26:19

So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour
By telling him a lie; or by reporting false things concerning him; or by cheating him in trade and commerce; or by taking his goods privately from him; and, when caught in either of these, and saith, Am not I in sport?
do not be angry, I designed no hurt; it is all in jest, a mere joke: but, had he not been apprehended, it would have been in earnest, as he was. This is only an excuse, and as absurd an one as if a man should set fire to his neighbour's house and barns, or throw arrows at him, or strike him with any instrument of death, as the sword and then say he was only in jest, or pretend madness.

Proverbios 26:19 In-Context

17 Como el que toma un perro por las orejas, así es el que pasa y se entremete en contienda que no es suya.

18 Como el enloquecido que lanza teas encendidas, flechas y muerte,

19 así es el hombre que engaña a su prójimo, y dice: ¿Acaso no estaba yo bromeando?

20 Por falta de leña se apaga el fuego, y donde no hay chismoso, se calma la contienda.

21 Como carbón para las brasas y leña para el fuego, así es el hombre rencilloso para encender contiendas.