Job 32:22

for I do not know how to give honorary titles, ¹  if I did, ²  my Creator would quickly do away with me. ³ 

for if I were skilled in flattery, my Maker would soon take me away.

"For I do not know how to flatter, Else my Maker would soon take me away.

And if I tried, my Creator would soon do away with me.

I was never any good at bootlicking; my Maker would make short work of me if I started in now!

For I am not able to give names of honour to any man; and if I did, my Maker would quickly take me away.

For I do not know how to flatter—or my Maker would soon put an end to me!

For I do not know how to flatter, Else my Maker would soon take me away.

for I do not know how to give honorary titles, ¹  if I did, ²  my Creator would quickly do away with me. ³ 

¹ tn The construction uses a perfect verb followed by the imperfect. This is a form of subordination equivalent to a complementary infinitive (see GKC 385-86 §120.c).

² tn The words “if I did” are supplied in the translation to make sense out of the two clauses.

³ tn Heb “quickly carry me away.”