New Living Translation
Job 32:22
22For if I tried flattery, my Creator would soon destroy me.
Job 32:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
- New International Version (NIV)for if I were skilled in flattery, my Maker would soon take me away.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For I do not know how to flatter, else my Maker would soon take me away.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I do not know how to flatter, Else my Maker would soon take me away.
Context of Job 32:22
20I must speak to find relief, so let me give my answers. 21I won’t play favorites or try to flatter anyone. For if I tried flattery, my Creator would soon destroy me.
Read all of Job 32Job 32:22 word by word
כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֲכַנֶּ֑ה כִּ֝מְעַ֗ט יִשָּׂאֵ֥נִי עֹשֵֽׂנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 32:22
- Job 17:5They betray their friends for their own advantage, so let their children faint with hunger.
- Psalms 12:2Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
- Proverbs 29:5To flatter friends is to lay a trap for their feet.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:5Never once did we try to win you with flattery, as you well know. And God is our witness that we were not pretending to be your friends just to get your money!
- Galatians 1:10Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.
Commentaries on Job 32:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22My Maker would soon take me away - Were I to copy this conduct while under the influence which I now feel, God might justly consume me as in a moment. He is my Maker; he made me to know truth, to tell truth, and to live according to truth; for he is the God of truth: I shall, therefore through his help, speak the Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth. We find from the above that vain titles of ceremony, expressive of the most eminent…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22For I know not to give flattering titles - I do not know how to flatter. It is not in my character; it has not been my habit. “In so doing.” These words are not in the Hebrew, and they greatly mar the sense, and give a different idea from that which was intended by the speaker. My Maker would soon take me away - Or, rather, “My Maker will soon take me away.” That is, “I know that I must soon be removed, and must stand before my Maker. I must give an…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 If we are sure that the Spirit of God suggested what we are about to say, still we ought to refrain, till it comes to our turn to speak. God is the God of order, not of confusion. It is great refreshment to a good man, to speak for the glory of the Lord, and to edify others. And the more we consider the majesty of God, as our Maker, and the more we dread his wrath and justice, the less shall we sinfully fear or flatter men. Could we set the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22After three rounds of speeches between Job and his friends, a new voice speaks. Elihu, a young man, has listened to everything the others said.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. take me away--as a punishment (Psa 102:24).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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