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Job 32:22

Job 32:22 is verse 22 of Job chapter 32, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

For I don’t know how to give flattering titles, or else my Maker would soon take me away.

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Job 32:20–22 · Berean Standard Bible

20 I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.

21 I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.

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

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Hebrew words

כִּ֤יfor לֹ֣אnot יָדַ֣עְתִּיI know אֲכַנֶּ֑הI will use flattery כִּ֝מְעַ֗טlike a little יִשָּׂאֵ֥נִיhe will carry away me עֹשֵֽׂנִי[the one who] made me

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 17:5
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

Psalms 12:2
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

Psalms 12:3
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

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!

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.

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