Job 32:22
For I don’t know how to give flattering titles, or else my Maker would soon take me away.
World English Bible Classic
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 don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.
Cross References
Job 17:5He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.
Psalms 12:2Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
Proverbs 28:23One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.
Galatians 1:10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, 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 →