Job 32:22
For I know not to give flattering titles; [for else] my Maker would speedily carry me away.
Leeser Tanakh
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
Cross References
Job 17:5Every one of them speaketh deceptively to his friends: may also the eyes of his children fail.
Psalms 12:2(12:3) Deceptively do they speak every one with his neighbor, with flattering lips, with a double heart do they speak.
Proverbs 28:23He that reproveth a man after [my example] will obtain more grace than he that flattereth with the tongue.
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 →