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Job 32:21

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

KJV

Non accipiam personam viri, et Deum homini non æquabo.

Vulgate

ἄνθρωπον γὰρ οὐ μὴ αἰσχυνθῶ, ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδὲ βροτὸν οὐ μὴ ἐντραπῶ·

LXX

Let me not, I pray you, respect any man’s person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.

ASV

אַל נָ֭א אֶשָּׂ֣א פְנֵי אִ֑ישׁ וְ/אֶל אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א אֲכַנֶּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
יְכַנֶּֽה
yknh
verb · 4×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 14:17 — Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
  • 2Sam 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.
  • Acts 12:22 — And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
  • Acts 24:2 — And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
  • Deut 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
  • Deut 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.
  • Job 13:8 — Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
  • Job 13:10 — He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
  • Job 34:19 — How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
  • Jude 1:16 — These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
  • Lev 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 neighbour.
  • Matt 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
  • Matt 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
  • Matt 23:9 — And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
  • Prov 24:23 — These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
  • Ps 15:4 — In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.