Job 32:22
For I have not known to give flattering titles, || My Maker takes me away in a little.”
Literal Standard 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
21Please do not let me accept the face of any, || Nor give flattering titles to man,
Cross References
Job 17:5For a portion he shows friendship, || And the eyes of his sons are consumed.
Psalms 12:2They each speak vanity with his neighbor, || Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
Proverbs 28:23Whoever is reproving a man finds grace afterward, || More than a flatterer with the tongue.
Galatians 1:10For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men—I should not be Christ’s servant.
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 →