Yuēbó 33:16

16 Kāi tōng tāmende ĕrduo , jiāng dāng shòu de jiàoxun yìn zaì tāmen xīn shang ,

Yuēbó 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.

Yuēbó 33:16 In-Context

14 Shén shuō yī cì , liǎng cì , shìrén què bù lǐ huì .

15 Rén tǎng zaì chuáng shang chén shuì de shíhou , shén jiù yòng mèng , hé yè jiān de yìxiàng ,

16 Kāi tōng tāmende ĕrduo , jiāng dāng shòu de jiàoxun yìn zaì tāmen xīn shang ,

17 Hǎo jiào rén bù cóng zìjǐ de móu suàn , bù xíng jiāoào de shì . ( yuánwén zuò jiāng jiāoào xiàng rén yǐncáng )

18 Lánzǔ rén bú xiàn yú kēng lǐ , bù sǐ zaì dāo xià .