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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.

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אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.נָ֭אnaI beseech theeנָאparticle, exhortation — “I beseech thee”H4994'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunctionI beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.אֶשָּׂ֣אesalift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “lift up”, a determination or requestH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…פְנֵיfenea- foreפָּנִיםnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…אִ֑ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a 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)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…וְאֶלveeland amongאֵלconjunction, preposition — “and among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).אָ֝דָ֗םadampersonאָדָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…אֲכַנֶּֽהakhanehgive flattering titlesכָּנָהverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “give flattering titles”, an unfinished actionH3655to address by an additional name; hence, to eulogizegive flattering titles, surname (himself).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Let me not, I pray you, accept the face of any, Nor unto man give flattering titles,

World English Bible

Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.

Darby Translation

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person; neither will I give flattery to man.

Douay-Rheims

I will not accept the person of man, and I will not level God with man.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For truly I will not be awed because of man, nor indeed will I be confounded before a mortal.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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