Job 32:22
For I am not skilled in flattery; 1 in so doing Oseini (my Maker) would soon take me away.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
21Let me not, now, show any man partiality, 1 neither let me flatter adam. 1
Cross References
Job 17:5He that informs on re'im for chelek, 1 even the eyes of his banim shall fail. 1
Psalms 12:2Help, Hashem; for the chasid is no more; 1 for the emunim (faithful ones) vanish from among Bnei Adam. 1
Proverbs 28:23He that rebuketh an adam afterwards shall find more chen 1 (favor) than he that flattereth with the lashon. 1
Galatians 1:10Am I now seeking the ishshur (approval) of Bnei Adam? Or the haskama (approval) of Hashem? Or am I seeking to be a man-pleaser? If [and this is not the case] I were still pleasing Bnei Adam, I would not have been the eved of Moshiach.
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 →