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Job 32:21

Integrity

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.

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
DARBY
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person; neither will I give flattery to man.
BLB
Do not, please, let me lift up the face of a man; and do not let me give a title to man.
ÅB
Jeg vil ikke ta parti for noen, og jeg vil ikke smigre for noe menneske;
OTB
Jeg vil ikke vise partiskhet,
heller ikke smigre noen mann.
B1930
Jeg vil ikke ta parti for nogen, og jeg vil ikke smigre for noget menneske;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 19:15

    Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

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  • Job 13:8

    Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

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  • 2 Samuel 14:20

    To fetch about this form of speech hath thy 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.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:17

    Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:19

    Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

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  • Job 13:10

    He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

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  • Matthew 22:16

    And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.

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  • Acts 12:22–23

    And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

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