Job 32:21
What does Job 32:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 32:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Let me not, I pray you, respect any man’s person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Let me not, I pray you, respect any man’s person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let me not give respect to any man, or give names of honour to any living.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Let me not, I pray you, accept the face of any, Nor unto man give flattering titles,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I will not accept the person of man, and I will not level God with man.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person; neither will I give flattery to man.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 13:10
He will surely reprove you, If ye do secretly show partiality.
- Job 34:19
That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.
- Deuteronomy 16:19
Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- Leviticus 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
- 2 Samuel 14:17
Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Jehovah thy God be with thee.
- Acts 12:22
And the people shouted, saying, The voice of a god, and not of a man.
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