Job 32:21
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
Updated King James 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 will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
22For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:15All of you shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbour.
Deuteronomy 16:19You shall not shift judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
2 Samuel 14:20To fetch about this form of speech has your 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 13:10He will surely reprove you, if all of you do secretly accept persons.
Job 34:19How much less to him that accepts not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
Proverbs 24:23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
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 →