Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWEB
I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
ASV
Let me not, I pray you, respect any man’s person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.
YLT
Let me not, I pray you, accept the face of any, Nor unto man give flattering titles,
DBT
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person; neither will I give flattery to man.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJob — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.
- Author
- Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
- Date
- Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.