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Job 33

Job 33:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then he μopeneth
galah (Hebrew #1540)
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV usage: + advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.
Pronounce: gaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
the ears
'ozen (Hebrew #241)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
KJV usage: + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
Pronounce: o'-zen
Origin: from 238
of men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
, and sealeth
chatham (Hebrew #2856)
to close up; especially to seal
KJV usage: make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.
Pronounce: khaw-tham'
Origin: a primitive root
their instruction
mocar (Hebrew #4561)
admonition
KJV usage: instruction.
Pronounce: mo-sawr'
Origin: from 3256
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revealeth, or, uncovereth.

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Ministry on This Verse

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openeth.
Heb. revealeth.
or, uncovereth.
Job 36:10,15• 10And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
 15But he delivereth the afflicted in his affliction, and openeth their ear in their oppression. (Job 36:10,15)
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2 Sam. 7:27• 27For thou, Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house; therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. (2 Sam. 7:27)
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Psa. 40:6• 6Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire: ears hast thou prepared me. Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not demanded; (Psa. 40:6)
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Isa. 6:10• 10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and healed. (Isa. 6:10)
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Isa. 48:8• 8Yea, thou heardest not, yea, thou knewest not, yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest ever deal treacherously, and thou wast called a transgressor from the womb. (Isa. 48:8)
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Isa. 50:5• 5The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not away back. (Isa. 50:5)
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Luke 24:45• 45Then he opened their understanding to understand the scriptures, (Luke 24:45)
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Acts 16:14• 14And a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard; whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things spoken by Paul. (Acts 16:14)
sealeth.
Neh. 9:38• 38And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests are at the sealing. (Neh. 9:38)
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Rom. 15:28• 28Having finished this therefore, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will set off by you into Spain. (Rom. 15:28)
• {v.16-18} His object is to correct wrong thoughts and actions, to withdraw man from “mischief,” or his purpose, and to hide pride from man (geber, the hero or mighty man). This goes deeper than action, for pride lurks in the heart, and God would hide it from man—hinder its control over him. “Keep back also thy servant from presumptuous sins” (Ps. 19:13). (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)
• It is by this Word that God now speaks to men, to withdraw them from their purpose, to deliver His own from the snare of pride. Thus our Lord would have deterred Peter from his course of self-confidence. Had he hearkened to the word, he would have been spared the shameful experience of his failure (Luke 22:31-34). (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Then he openeth men’s ears, and sealeth their instruction,