Job
Job 32:21–22
21I will be partial to no one,
nor will I flatter any man.
22For I do not know how to flatter,
or my Maker would remove me in an instant.’’
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Job 32:21
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I will be partial | אֶשָּׂ֣א | ’eś·śā | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| to no | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| one | אִ֑ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| nor will | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| I flatter | אֲכַנֶּֽה׃ | ’ă·ḵan·neh | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | H3655 betitle, title, give an epithet or cognomen |
| any man | אָ֝דָ֗ם | ’ā·ḏām | Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
Job 32:22
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | כִּ֤י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I do not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| know how | יָדַ֣עְתִּי | yā·ḏa‘·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H3045 know |
| to flatter | אֲכַנֶּ֑ה | ’ă·ḵan·neh | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | H3655 betitle, title, give an epithet or cognomen |
| or my Maker | עֹשֵֽׂנִי׃ | ‘ō·śê·nî | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H6213 do, make |
| would remove me | יִשָּׂאֵ֥נִי | yiś·śā·’ê·nî | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| in an instant | כִּ֝מְעַ֗ט | kim·‘aṭ | Preposition-k; Adjective - masculine singular | H4592 a little, fewness, a few |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 32:21 Leviticus 19:15 · Job 13:8 · Matthew 22:16 · Job 34:19 · Acts 24:2–3 · 2 Samuel 14:20 · Deuteronomy 1:17 · Job 13:10 · Proverbs 24:23 · 2 Samuel 14:17 · Deuteronomy 16:19 · Acts 12:22–23
Job 32:22 Psalm 12:2–3 · Proverbs 29:5 · 1 Thessalonians 2:5
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.