Job 33:16
Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth:
Young's Literal Translation
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 pride from man He concealeth.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:38And for all this we are making a stedfast covenant, and are writing, and over him who is sealed [are] our heads, our Levites, our priests.'
Job 36:15He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.
Isaiah 6:10Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.'
Isaiah 50:5The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not — backward I moved not.
Acts 16:14and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was hearing, whose heart the Lord did open 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 →