Job 32:21
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
רָצָה
râtsâh
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
חֶלְקָה
chelqâh
properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment
כָּנָה
kânâh
to address by an additional name; hence, to eulogize
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Key Terms in This Verse
חֶלְקָה chelqâh
properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment
Study H2513 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →פָּלַל pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Study H6419 →לֹא lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Study H3808 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
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.
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
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...
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
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...
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.
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.
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.
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
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.
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