Job 33:16
14 For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
15 In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings
17 to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
18 to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings
- KJV
- Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
- WEB
- then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
- ASV
- Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction,
- DARBY
- Then he openeth men's ears, and sealeth their instruction,
- BLB
- then He uncovers the ear of men, and with correction He seals [them],
- ÅB
- da åpner han deres ører og trykker sitt segl på advarselen til dem,
- OTB
- kan Han åpne deres ører
og skremme dem med advarsler, - B1930
- da åpner han deres ører og trykker sitt segl på advarselen til dem,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 36:10
He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
Read in contextJob 36:15
God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
Read in contextPsalms 40:6
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
Read in contextIsaiah 50:5
The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.
Read in contextLuke 24:45
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
Read in contextIsaiah 6:10
Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
Read in contextActs 16:14
Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
Read in contextRomans 15:28
So after I have completed this service and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set off to Spain by way of you.
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