Job 33:16
Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
In Context
15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed.
17that he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, and hide pride from man.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:38And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it, and our rulers, our Levites, [and] our priests, seal to it.
Job 36:15He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and be healed.
Isaiah 50:5Lord LORD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, nor turned away backward.
Acts 16:14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, a woman who worshiped God, was listening, whose heart the Lord opened to heed the things being spoken by Paul.
Matthew Henry on Job 33:15-19
14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, 17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. Job had complained that God kept him wholly in the dark concerning the meaning of his dealings with him, and therefore concluded… Read the whole commentary →