If anyone denounces his friends for profit the eyes of his children will fail.
Job 32:22 - Tree of Life Version for I do not know how to flatter else my Maker would quickly carry me away! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
If anyone denounces his friends for profit the eyes of his children will fail.
My words are from my upright heart; my lips speak sincerely what they know.
‘Can a mortal be righteous before God; or a man pure before his Creator?
One who rebukes a man will in the end find more favor than one with a flattering tongue.
Am I now trying to win people’s approval, or God’s? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Messiah.
For as you know and God is witness, we never came with a word of flattery or a motive of greed—