Job 33:16
Then He uncovers the ear of men, || And seals for their instruction,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
In Context
15In a dream—a vision of night, || In the falling of deep sleep on men, || In slumberings on a bed.
17To turn aside man [from] doing, || And He conceals pride from man.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:38And for all this we are making a steadfast covenant, || And are writing, || And over him who is sealed || [Are] our heads, our Levites, [and] our priests.”
Job 36:15He draws out the afflicted in his affliction, || And uncovers their ear in oppression.
Isaiah 6:10Declare the heart of this people fat, || And declare its ears heavy, || And declare its eyes dazzled, || Lest it see with its eyes, || And hear with its ears, and consider with its heart, || And it has turned back, and has health.”
Isaiah 50:5Lord YHWH opened My ear, || And I did not rebel—I did not move backward.
Acts 16:14and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshiping God, was hearing, whose heart the LORD opened to attend to the things 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 →