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Job Chapter 32 verse 22 Holy Bible

ASV Job 32:22

For I know not to give flattering titles; `Else' would my Maker soon take me away.
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BBE Job 32:22

For I am not able to give names of honour to any man; and if I did, my Maker would quickly take me away.
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DARBY Job 32:22

For I know not how to flatter; my Maker would soon take me away.
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KJV Job 32:22

For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
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WBT Job 32:22

For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing, my Maker would soon take me away.
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WEB Job 32:22

For I don't know how to give flattering titles; Or else my Maker would soon take me away.
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YLT Job 32:22

For I have not known to give flattering titles, In a little doth my Maker take me away.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - For I know not to give flattering titles; i.e. it is not my habit to give flattering titles, nor have I any knowledge of the art. I should expect that, if such were my habit, my Maker would soon take me away; would soon, i.e., remove me from the earth, as one whose influence was not for good, but for evil. Flattery is condemned by Job, in Job 17:5: by David, in the Psalms (Psalm 3:9; 12:2, 3; 78:36); and by Solomon, in the Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 7:21; Proverbs 20:19; Proverbs 28:23, etc.).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) In so doing my maker would soon take me away.--Or perhaps the meaning may be, "My Maker will almost have to forgive me:" that is, for being too candid, frank, and straightforward; for speaking too plainly. Some commentators regard Elihu's character with great disfavour, and consider him to be an empty and arrogant talker, mainly, perhaps, from Job 32:18-19; others accept him as a wise and pious friend of Job, who not only gave him good advice, but perhaps more nearly than any other of the disputants hit the truth about Job's afflictions. We are probably more right in this latter view, because at the climax of the poem we do not read that Elihu had any share in the condemnation which was passed by God on the three friends of Job. He is not noticed for either praise or blame.It is to be observed that the last eight verses of this chapter are a kind of soliloquy, unlike the former part of it, which was addressed to the friends, or the next chapter, which is addressed to Job.