Go
Articles on

Job 33

Job 33:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
16
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
,
μ
revealeth, or, uncovereth.

More on:

+
Sealing

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+
openeth.
Heb. revealeth.
or, uncovereth.
Job 36:10,15• 10He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
 15He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. (Job 36:10,15)
;
2 Sam. 7:27• 27For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. (2 Sam. 7:27)
;
Psa. 40:6• 6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. (Psa. 40:6)
;
Isa. 6:10• 10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. (Isa. 6:10)
;
Isa. 48:8• 8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. (Isa. 48:8)
;
Isa. 50:5• 5The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. (Isa. 50:5)
;
Luke 24:45• 45Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, (Luke 24:45)
;
Acts 16:14• 14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. (Acts 16:14)
sealeth.
Neh. 9:38• 38And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it. (Neh. 9:38)
;
Rom. 15:28• 28When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come 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

+
16
Then he openeth men’s ears, and sealeth their instruction,