Job 32:22
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For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.
In other translations
For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Psalm 12:2-32 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:2 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. 3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
- Proverbs 29:5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:5For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
- Job 17:5He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
- Galatians 1:10For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.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.
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