Job 32:21
I will not take sides, and I'm not going to flatter anyone.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
In Context
20I have to speak before I burst; I will open my lips to answer him.
22I don't know how to flatter, and if I did my Creator would soon destroy me.”
Cross References
Leviticus 19:15Don't be a corrupt judge. Don't show favoritism to the poor or to the rich. Judge others fairly.
Deuteronomy 16:19Don't pervert justice or show favoritism. Don't take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the wise and twists the words of the truthful.
2 Samuel 14:20He did so to show the other side of the situation, but Your Majesty is as wise as an angel of God, and you know everything that happens in this country.”
Job 13:10No, he will definitely rebuke you if you secretly show him favoritism!
Job 34:19He doesn't think more of the rich than the poor, for they are all people he himself made.
Proverbs 24:23These are more sayings of the wise: Showing favoritism when passing judgment is wrong.
Matthew Henry on Job 32:16-22
15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. 16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;) 17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also will show mine opinion. 18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. 21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me… Read the whole commentary →