Job 33:16

Then opens he the understanding of men: 1 He scares them with such fearful visions: 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15sending a dream, 1 Or in the meditation of the night 1 (As when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men, 1 In slumberings on the bed): 1

17To turn a man from unrighteousness, 1 And he delivers his body from a fall. 1

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Cross References

Job 36:15Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: 1 And he will vindicate the judgment of the meek. 1

Isaiah 6:10For the heart of this people has become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

Isaiah 50:5and the instruction of the Lord, even the Lord, opens mine ears, and I do not disobey, nor dispute.

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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