Job 32:21-22
21 I will not show partiality to anyone, ▼▼ The idiom is “I will not lift up the face of a man.” Elihu is going to show no favoritism, but speak his mind.
nor will I confer a title ▼
▼ 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.
on any man. 22 for I do not know how to give honorary titles, ▼
▼ The construction uses a perfect verb followed by the imperfect. This is a form of subordination equivalent to a complementary infinitive (see GKC 385-86 #120.c).
if I did, ▼
▼ The words “if I did” are supplied in the translation to make sense out of the two clauses.
my Creator would quickly do away with me. ▼▼ Heb “quickly carry me away.”
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