Job 32:22
For I do not know how long I will continue, and whether, after a while, my Maker might take me away.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
In Context
21I will not esteem the reputation of a man, and I will not equate God with man.
Cross References
Job 17:5He promises prey to his companions, but the eyes of his sons will grow faint.
Psalms 12:2How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day?
Proverbs 28:23Whoever corrects a man, afterward he shall find favor with him, more so than he who deceives him with a flattering tongue.
Galatians 1:10For am I now persuading men, or God? Or, am I seeking to please men? If I still were pleasing men, then I would not be a servant of Christ.
Matthew Henry on Job 32:16-22
15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. 16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;) 17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also will show mine opinion. 18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. 21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me… Read the whole commentary →