Job 33:16

Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds :

17That he may withdraw a man from the things he is doing, and may deliver him from pride.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 9:38and because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it.

Job 36:15He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.

Isaiah 6:10Blind the heart of this people, 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 be converted and I heal them.

Isaiah 50:5The Lord God hath opened my ear, and I do not resist: I have not gone back.

Acts 16:14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, did hear: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to those things which were said 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 →

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