Job 32:22
For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
Updated King James 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
21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
Cross References
Job 17:5He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Psalms 12:2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Proverbs 28:23He that rebukes a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flatters 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 the 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 →