Job 33:16

16 entonces El abre el oído de los hombres, y sella su instrucción,

Job 33:16 Meaning and Commentary

Job 33:16

Then he openeth the ears of men
Not the ears of his body, which remaining shut while things are presented to his mind in a dream or vision, but his internal ears; it is the same with opening the heart or understanding to attend to and receive the things delivered in this visionary way:

and sealeth their instruction;
sends home the instruction given in this manner, and imprints it upon the mind, so that it is well remembered when awake, not only the dreams themselves, but the lessons taught and learnt there, as may be observed in the cases of Abimelech and Laban, ( Genesis 20:3 ) ( 31:24 ) ; the word signifies "chastisement" ^F12 as well as instruction, that being one way in which God teaches and instructs men, ( Psalms 94:12 ) ; and so the sense may be, that God in a dream or vision makes it known to men, that if they regard not what he says to them, and repent not of their evils, and turn from them, he will correct and chastise them, and this he assures them of; and they may look for the certain performance of it, that he will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their iniquities with stripes; things that are sealed being sure and firm. Mr. Broughton renders the words, "and imprints why they are chastised."

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Mromb) "disciplinam eorum", Tigurine version; "castigationem eorum", Beza, Vatablus, Drusius, Mercerus, Piscator, Michaelis, Schultens.

Job 33:16 In-Context

14 Ciertamente Dios habla una vez, y otra vez, pero nadie se da cuenta de ello.

15 En un sueño, en una visión nocturna, cuando un sueño profundo cae sobre los hombres, mientras dormitan en sus lechos,

16 entonces El abre el oído de los hombres, y sella su instrucción,

17 para apartar al hombre de sus obras, y del orgullo guardarlo;

18 libra su alma de la fosa y su vida de pasar al Seol.