Job 32:22
For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
KJV
Nescio enim quamdiu subsistam, et si post modicum tollat me factor meus.
Vulgate
οὐ γὰρ ἐπίσταμαι θαυμάσαι πρόσωπα· εἰ δὲ μή, καὶ ἐμὲ σῆτες ἔδονται.
LXX
For I know not to give flattering titles; Elsewould my Maker soon take me away.
ASV
כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֲכַנֶּ֑ה כִּ֝/מְעַ֗ט יִשָּׂאֵ֥/נִי עֹשֵֽׂ/נִי
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
יְכַנֶּֽה
yknh
verb · 4×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְעַ֣ט
m't
noun · 101×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Thess 2:5 — For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
- Prov 29:5 — A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
- Ps 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.