Job 32:22
For I may not giue titles, lest my Maker should take me away suddenly.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 now accept the person of man, neyther will I giue titles to man.
Cross References
Job 17:5For the eyes of his children shall faile, that speaketh flattery to his friends.
Psalms 12:2They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.
Proverbs 28:23He that rebuketh a man, shall finde more fauour at length, then he that flattereth with his tongue.
Galatians 1:10For nowe preach I mans doctrine, or Gods? or go I about to please men? for if I should yet please men, I were not the seruant 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 →