Job 32:22
For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
For I know not to giue flattering titles: in so doing my maker would soone take me away.
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From verse 22
- Psalms 12:2–3Rank 1 from verse 22
2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
2†They speake vanitie euery one with his neighbour: with flattering lips, and with a double heart do they speake.
3†The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:5Rank 2 from verse 22
- Proverbs 29:5Rank 3 from verse 22
- Galatians 1:10Rank 4 from verse 22
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Job 32:22
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
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COMBINED MEANING
flattering
Pleasing to pride or vanity; gratifying to self-love.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Names or terms of honour or distinction.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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One who makes, forms, creates, prepares, or brings something into being; in references to God, the Creator.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
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21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
21Let me not, I pray you, accept any mans person: neither let me giue flattering titles vnto man.
22For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
22For I know not to giue flattering titles: in so doing my maker would soone take me away.
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