Job 32:22

Modern

For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.

Traditional

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

Literal

For I do not know how to give a title; soon my Maker would take me away.

Latin

Nescio enim quamdiu subsistam, et si post modicum tollat me factor meus.

Hebrew

English

For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.

After three rounds of speeches between Job and his friends, a new voice speaks. Elihu, a young man, has listened to everything the others said.

Psalm 12:2–3
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
Job 17:5
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
Galatians 1:10
Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.