Job 32:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־נָ֭א אֶשָּׂ֣א פְנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְאֶל־אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א אֲכַנֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

Let not-ʾal-nāʾ ʾeśśāʾ face of-p̄ənê-ʾîš and unto-wəʾel-ʾādām not lōʾ ʾăkanneh

Grammar Details

• *ʾal*: negative particle - not
• *nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please
• *ʾeśśāʾ*: qal imperfect 1st person common singular - I will lift up/show partiality
• *p̄ənê*: noun masculine plural construct - face of
• *ʾîš*: noun masculine singular - man
• *wəʾel*: waw conjunction + preposition - and unto
• *ʾādām*: noun masculine singular - man/mankind
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *ʾăkanneh*: piel imperfect 1st person common singular - I will give flattering titles

Word Meanings

• *ʾal-nāʾ ʾeśśāʾ p̄ənê-ʾîš*: let me not show partiality to anyone/I will not be partial to any man
• *wəʾel-ʾādām lōʾ ʾăkanneh*: and to mankind I will not give flattering titles/I will not use flattering terms for anyone

Referenced Verses

• Lev 19:15 : 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.
• Job 13:8 : 8 Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?
• Job 34:19 : 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.
• Matt 22:16 : 16 And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men.
• Acts 12:22-23 : 22 And the people shouted, [saying], The voice of a god, and not of a man. 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because {G3739} he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
• Acts 24:2-3 : 2 And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy much peace, and that by the providence evils are corrected for this nation, 3 we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
• Prov 24:23 : 23 These also are [sayings] of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
• Job 13:10 : 10 He will surely reprove you, If ye do secretly show partiality.
• Deut 1:17 : 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; 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 ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.
• Deut 16:19 : 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.
• 2 Sam 14:17 : 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.
• 2 Sam 14:20 : 20 to change the face of the matter 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.