Elihu Rebukes Job’s Friends
Job 32:22
In 11 translations
- BSB
- For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.
- KJV
- For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
- WEB
- For I don’t know how to give flattering titles, or else my Maker would soon take me away.
- ASV
- For I know not to give flattering titles; Else would my Maker soon take me away.
- LSV
- For I have not known to give flattering titles, || My Maker takes me away in a little.”
- YLT
- For I have not known to give flattering titles, In a little doth my Maker take me away.
- DBY
- For I know not how to flatter; my Maker would soon take me away.
- DRC
- For I know not how long I shall continue, and whether after a while my Maker may take me away.
- GNV
- For I may not giue titles, lest my Maker should take me away suddenly.
- JPS
- For I know not to give flattering titles; else would my Maker soon take me away.
- LXXE
- For I know not how to respect persons: and if otherwise, even the moths would eat me.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֲכַנֶּ֑ה כִּ֝מְעַ֗ט יִשָּׂאֵ֥נִי עֹשֵֽׂנִי׃
- LXX-Br
- Οὐ γὰρ ἐπίσταμαι θαυμάσαι πρόσωπα· εἰ δὲ μὴ, καὶ ἐμὲ σῆτες ἔδονται.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 12:2–3They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:5As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
- Proverbs 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- Job 17:5If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
- Galatians 1:10Am 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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