Job 32:22 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²² For I know not to give flattering titles; Else would my Maker soon take me away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² For I know not to give flattering titles; In so doing my Maker would soon take me away.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² 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)

²² For I know not to give flattering titles; Else would my Maker soon take me away.

Common English Bible

²² for I don’t know flattery; otherwise my maker would quickly whisk me away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² 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

²² 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

He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Job 32:21

Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.

Job 33:1

Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.

Job 33:3

My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart: And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

Job 4:17

Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

Proverbs 28:23

He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favour Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Proverbs 29:5

A man that flattereth his neighbour Spreadeth a net for his steps.

Galatians 1:10

For am I now persuading men, or God? or am I seeking to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness, God is witness;