Job 32:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For I do not know how to flatter— or my Maker would soon put an end to me!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For I know not to give flattering titles; In so doing my Maker would soon take me away.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For I know not how to flatter, [wasting my time in mere formalities, for then] my Maker would soon take me away.

American Standard Version (1901)

For I know not to give flattering titles; Else would my Maker soon take me away.

Common English Bible

for I don’t know flattery; otherwise my maker would quickly whisk me away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For I do not know how long I will continue, and whether, after a while, my Maker might take me away.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For I know not how long I shall continue, and whether after a while my Maker may take me away.

Job 32:22 Cross References

Job 17:5

Those who denounce friends for reward— the eyes of their children will fail.

Job 32:21

I will not show partiality to any person or use flattery toward anyone.

Job 33:1

“But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.

Job 33:3

My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.

Job 4:17

‘Can mortals be righteous before God? Can humans be pure before their Maker?

Proverbs 28:23

Whoever rebukes a person will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

Proverbs 29:5

Whoever flatters a neighbor is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet.

Galatians 1:10

Am I now seeking human approval or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed,