Job 32:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֲכַנֶּ֑ה כִּ֝מְעַ֗ט יִשָּׂאֵ֥נִי עֹשֵֽׂנִי׃

Transliteration

For kî not lōʾ yādaʿtî ʾăkanneh for in a little while kiməʿaṭ yiśśāʾēnî ʿōśēnî

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yādaʿtî*: qal perfect 1st person common singular - I know
*ʾăkanneh*: piel imperfect 1st person common singular - I will give flattering titles
*kiməʿaṭ*: preposition kaf + adverb - in a little while/almost
*yiśśāʾēnî*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person common singular suffix - he will take me away
*ʿōśēnî*: qal participle masculine singular construct + 1st person common singular suffix - my Maker

Word Meanings

*lōʾ yādaʿtî ʾăkanneh*: I do not know how to flatter/I do not know how to give flattering titles
*kiməʿaṭ*: in a little while/soon/quickly
*yiśśāʾēnî ʿōśēnî*: my Maker would take me away/my Creator would remove me

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 17:5 : 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Ps 12:2-3 : 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
Prov 29:5 : 5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Gal 1:10 : 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

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