Job 32:21
I will not show favoritism; 1 neither will I give honorific titles to any man. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 so that I may be refreshed; 1 I will open my lips and answer. 1
22For I do not know how to give such titles; 1 if I did so, my Maker would soon take me away.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:15Do not cause judgment to be false. You must not show favoritism to someone because he is poor, and you must not show favoritism to someone because he is important. Instead, judge your neighbor righteously.
Deuteronomy 16:19You must not take justice away by force; you must not show partiality nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
2 Samuel 14:20Your servant Joab has done this to change the course of what is happening. My master is wise, like the wisdom of an angel of God, and he knows everything that is happening in the land.”
Job 13:10He would surely reprove you 1 if in secret you showed partiality. 1
Job 34:19God, who does not show favoritism to leaders 1 and does not acknowledge rich people more than poor, 1 for they all are the work of his hands. 1
Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise. 1 Partiality in judging a case at law is not good. 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 →