Job 33:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

Job 33:16 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 36:10
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
Job 36:15
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Psalms 40:6
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Isaiah 50:5
The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
Luke 24:45
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14-18)

Job had complained that God kept him wholly in the dark concerning the meaning of his dealings with him, and therefore concluded he dealt with him as his enemy. “No,” says Elihu, “he speaks to you, but you do not perceive him; so that the fault is yours, not his; and he is designing your real good even in those dispensations which you put this harsh construction upon.” Observe in general, 1. What…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

16. Literally, “sealeth (their ears) to Himself by warnings,” that is, with the sureness and secrecy of a seal He reveals His warnings [Umbreit]. To seal up securely (Job 37:7).