Job 32:22 - Exposition

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; Psalms 12:2 , Psalms 12:3 ; Psalms 78:36 ); and by Solomon, in the Book of Proverbs ( Proverbs 2:16 ; Proverbs 7:21 ; Proverbs 20:19 ; Proverbs 28:23 , etc.).