Job 32:22
I don't know how to flatter, and if I did my Creator would soon destroy me.”
Free Bible 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 take sides, and I'm not going to flatter anyone.
Cross References
Job 17:5They betray friends to gain benefit for themselves and their children suffer for it.
Psalms 12:2Everyone lies to their neighbors. They flatter with nice talk, but they don't mean what they say.
Proverbs 28:23Honest criticism is appreciated later far more than flattery.
Galatians 1:10Whose approval do you think I want—that of people, or of God? Do you think I'm trying to please people? If I wanted to please people I wouldn't 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 →