Job 33:16

then, he opens the ears of men, and, educating them, he teaches discipline,

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In The King James Version

Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

In Context

15Through a dream in a vision of the night, when a deep sleep falls over men, and they are sleeping in their beds,

17so that he may divert a man from the things that he is doing, and may free him from pride,

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Cross References

Nehemiah 9:38Therefore, concerning all of these things, we ourselves are forming and writing a covenant, and our leaders, our Levites, and our priests are signing it.”

Job 36:15He will rescue the poor from his anguish, and he will open his ear during tribulation.

Isaiah 6:10Blind the heart of this people. Make their ears heavy and close their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and then I would heal them.”

Isaiah 50:5The Lord God has opened my ear. And I do not contradict him. I have not turned back.

Acts 16:14And a certain woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple in the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, listened. And the Lord opened her heart to be receptive to what Paul was saying.

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 →

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