Job 33:16
Then he openeth the eares of men, euen by their corrections, which he had sealed,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
In Context
15In dreames and visions of the night, when sleepe falleth vpon men, and they sleepe vpon their beds,
17That he might cause man to turne away from his enterprise, and that he might hide the pride of man,
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:38Now because of all this we make a sure couenant, and write it, and our princes, our Leuites and our Priestes seale vnto it.
Job 36:15He deliuereth the poore in his affliction, and openeth their eare in trouble.
Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people fatte, make their eares heauie, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their hearts, and conuert, and he heale them.
Isaiah 50:5The Lord God hath opened mine eare and I was not rebellious, neither turned I backe.
Acts 16:14And a certaine woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the citie of the Thyatirians, which worshipped God, heard vs: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended vnto the things, which Paul spake.
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 →