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Elihu Rebukes Job’s Friends

Job 32:21

In 11 translations

BSB
I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
KJV
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
WEB
Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.
ASV
Let me not, I pray you, respect any man’s person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.
LSV
Please do not let me accept the face of any, || Nor give flattering titles to man,
YLT
Let me not, I pray you, accept the face of any, Nor unto man give flattering titles,
DBY
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person; neither will I give flattery to man.
DRC
I will not accept the person of man, and I will not level God with man.
GNV
I will not now accept the person of man, neyther will I giue titles to man.
JPS
Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person; neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.
LXXE
For truly I will not be awed because of man, nor indeed will I be confounded before a mortal.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אַל־נָ֭א אֶשָּׂ֣א פְנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְאֶל־אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א אֲכַנֶּֽה׃
LXX-Br
ἄνθρωπον γὰρ οὐ μὴ αἰσχυνθῶ, ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδὲ βροτὸν οὐ μὴ ἐντραπῶ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 19:15You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
  • Job 13:8Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
  • Job 13:10Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
  • Matthew 22:16They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay…
  • Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
  • Acts 24:2–3When Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation. In every way and everywhere, most excellent…
  • Deuteronomy 1:17Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”
  • Deuteronomy 16:19Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
  • 2 Samuel 14:20Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
  • Acts 12:22–23And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!” Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
  • Job 34:19who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
  • 2 Samuel 14:17And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”

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