Job 32:21–22
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32:21I will not show partiality to anyone,43
nor will I confer a title44 on any man.
32:22for I do not know how to give honorary titles,45
Footnotes
- 43 The idiom is “I will not lift up the face of a man.” Elihu is going to show no favoritism, but speak his mind.
- 44 The verb means “to confer an honorary title; to give a mark of distinction,” but it is often translated with the verb “flatter.” Elihu will not take sides, he will not use pompous titles.
- 45 The construction uses a perfect verb followed by the imperfect. This is a form of subordination equivalent to a complementary infinitive (see §120.c).
- 46 The words “if I did” are supplied in the translation to make sense out of the two clauses.
- 47 Heb “quickly carry me away.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
I will not show partiality to any man
or use flattery toward any person.
For I do not know how to flatter,
else my Maker would soon take me away.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
I will show no partiality,
nor will I flatter anyone;
for if I were skilled in flattery,
my Maker would soon take me away.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
I will be partial to no one,
and I will not give anyone an undeserved title.
For I do not know how to give such titles;
otherwise, my Maker would remove me in an instant.
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NLTNew Living Translation
I won’t play favorites
or try to flatter anyone.
For if I tried flattery,
my Creator would soon destroy me.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Please let me not show partiality to anyone,
and let me not show flattery to human beings,
for I do not know how to flatter,
else my Maker would soon put an end to me.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person,
Neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
For I know not to give flattering titles;
In so doing my maker would soon take me away.
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