EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 33:16
16He tells them about things that will happen. He warns them about terrible things, so that they are afraid.
Job 33:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
- New International Version (NIV)he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,
- English Standard Version (ESV)then he opens the ears of men and terrifies them with warnings,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction.
Context of Job 33:16
14God does speak to people. He speaks to them in many different ways. But often people do not recognize his voice. 15Sometimes God speaks to people in dreams and visions. He speaks to them at night, while they sleep in bed. He tells them about things that will happen. He warns them about terrible things, so that they are afraid. 17He tells them to turn away from their sins. He tells them not to be proud. 18He keeps people safe from death, so that they do not go to their graves.
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אָ֣ז יִ֭גְלֶה אֹ֣זֶן אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וּבְמֹ֖סָרָ֣ם יַחְתֹּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 33:16
- Job 36:10He tells them this to warn them. They must turn away from wicked things.
- 2 Samuel 7:27Lord Almighty, Israel's God, you have made this promise to me, your servant. You have said to me, “You will always have descendants who will rule. That is the house that I will build for you.” That is why I am not afraid to pray to you like this.
- Psalms 40:6You do not really want sacrifices and offerings. I understand that! You do not ask for burnt offerings or sin offerings.
- Isaiah 6:10Make them refuse to understand. Cause their ears to be deaf and their eyes to be blind. If you do not do that, they might use their eyes to see. They might use their ears to listen. They might use their minds to understand. Then they might turn back to me so that I would make them well again.’
- Isaiah 48:8You have not heard about them before. You know nothing about them. From long ago you refused to listen to me. I know that you are never honest. Since you first became a nation, you have refused to obey me.
- Isaiah 50:5The Almighty Lord has spoken clearly to me. I have accepted his message, and I have not turned back.
- Luke 24:45Then he helped them to understand God's message in the Bible.
- Acts 16:14One of the women who listened to us was called Lydia. She was from the city of Thyatira. She bought and sold expensive dark red cloth. She was a Gentile woman who now worshipped God. The Lord helped her to understand Paul's message. So she believed the things that he said.
- Nehemiah 9:38‘Because of this we Israelite people are all making a promise. We are writing down our agreement to serve the Lord. Our leaders, our Levites and our priests will write their names on it to give it their authority.’
- Romans 15:28So I must take their gift safely to the Christians in Jerusalem. When I have finished that job, I will come to visit you. Then I will continue my journey to Spain.
Commentaries on Job 33:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16III. By secret Inspirations Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth, etc. - A dream or a vision simply considered is likely to do no good; it is the opening of the understanding, and the pouring in of the light, that make men wise to salvation. Serious alarms, holy purposes, penitential pangs for past sins, apprehension of death and judgment, discoveries of God's justice, of Christ's love, of the world's vanity, of heaven's excellence, etc., etc…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Then he openeth the ears of men - Margin, as in Hebrew “revealeth,” or “uncovereth.” The idea is, that he then reveals to the ear of man important admonitions or counsels. He communicates valuable truth. We are not to understand this as saying that the sleeper actually hears God speak, but as the ear is the organ of hearing, it is employed here to denote that God then communicates His will to human beinigs. In what way he had access to the souls of people…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-18Verses 14-18 God speaks to us by conscience, by providences, and by ministers; of all these Elihu discourses. There was not then, that we know of, any Divine revelation in writing, though now it is our principal guide. When God designs men's good, by the convictions and dictates of their own consciences, he opens the heart, as Lydia's, and opens the ears, so that conviction finds or forces its way in. The end and design of these admonitions are to keep…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. 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).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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