Job 32:22
Surely I know not how to give flattering titles, How soon might my Maker take me away!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 be partial to no man, and, unto no son of earth, give flattering titles,
Cross References
Job 17:5He that, for a share, denounceth friends, even, the eyes of his children, shall be dim.
Psalms 12:2Deception, speak they, every one with his neighbour,—with lips uttering smooth things—with a heart and a heart, do they speak.
Proverbs 28:23He that reproveth a man, shall, afterwards, find more, favour, than he that useth a flattering tongue.
Galatians 1:10For am I, even now, persuading, men, or God? Or am I seeking to please, men? If I had been still pleasing, men, Christ’s servant, had I not been!
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 →