Job 32:21 · KJV
“Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.”
— Job 32:21
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. {be...: Heb. breathe}
For I know not to give flattering titles; {in so doing} my maker would soon take me away.
Job 32 — Context
Behold, my belly {is} as wine {which} hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. {hath...: Heb. is not opened}
20I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. {be...: Heb. breathe}
21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
22For I know not to give flattering titles; {in so doing} my maker would soon take me away.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: {but} in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Job 13:8
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
2 Samuel 14:20
To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord {is} wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all {things} that {are} in the earth.
Job 13:10
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
Deuteronomy 1:17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; {but} ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment {is} God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring {it} unto me, and I will hear it. {respect...: Heb. acknowledge faces}
Acts 12:22-23
And the people gave a shout, {saying, It is} the voice of a god, and not of a man.
Job 34:19
{How much less to him} that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all {are} the work of his hands.
Acts 24:2-3
And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse {him}, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,