SEV Biblia, Chapter 26:19
tal es el hombre que daña a su amigo, y dice: Ciertamente lo hice por broma.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 26:19
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," &c. 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.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour , etc.] 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, Amos 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, etc. and then say he was only in jest, or pretend madness.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 18, 19 - He that sins in jest, must repent in earnest, or his sin will be his ruin.
Original Hebrew
כן 3651 אישׁ 376 רמה 7411 את 853 רעהו 7453 ואמר 559 הלא 3808 משׂחק 7832 אני׃ 589
