Job 32:21
Let me not, now, show any man partiality, 1 neither let me flatter adam. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 will speak that I may be relieved; 1 I will open my sfatayim and answer. 1
22For I am not skilled in flattery; 1 in so doing Oseini (my Maker) would soon take me away.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:15Ye shall do no avel bamishpat (perversion of justice); thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor favor the person of the gadol; but in tzedek shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
Deuteronomy 16:19Thou shalt not pervert mishpat; thou shalt not show partiality, neither take a shochad: for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the chachamim, and twist the devarim of the tzaddikim.
2 Samuel 14:20To bring about this matter for discussion hath thy eved Yoav done this thing; and adoni is chacham, according to the chochmat malach HaElohim, to know all things that are in ha'aretz.
Job 13:10He will surely reprove you, 1 if ye do act with partiality beseter (secretly). 1
Job 34:19Who shows no partiality to sarim (princes), 1 nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? 1 For they all are the ma'aseh (work) of His hands. 1
Proverbs 24:23These things also belong to chachamim: 1 it is not tov to show partiality in mishpat. 1
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 →