Job 33:16

← Job 33:15	Job 33:16 (KJV)	Job 33:17 →
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;	Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,	That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, and hide pride from man.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then he openeth^H1540 the ears^H241 of men^H582, and sealeth^H2856 their instruction^H4561,

Original Hebrew

אָז יִגְלֶה אֹזֶן אֲנָשִׁים וּבְמֹסָרָם יַחְתֹּם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אָ֣ז	'az	H227	HD	then
יִ֭גְלֶה	Yig.leh	H1540	HVqi3ms	he will uncover
אֹ֣זֶן	'O.zen	H241	HNcfsc	(the) ear of
אֲנָשִׁ֑ים	'a.na.Shim	H376	HNcmpa	people
וּ/בְ/מֹ֖סָרָ֣/ם	u./ve./Mo.sa.Ra/m	H4561	HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp3mp	and/ with/ discipline/ their
יַחְתֹּֽם	yach.Tom	H2856	HVqi3ms	he will seal

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H241 — אֹזֶן (ʼôzen, o'-zen): from אָזַן; broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man); [phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.
H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
H1540 — גָּלָה (gâlâh, gaw-law'): a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal; [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.
H2856 — חָתַם (châtham, khaw-tham'): a primitive root; to close up; especially to seal; make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.
H4561 — מֹסָר (môçâr, mo-sawr'): from יָסַר; admonition; instruction.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H227 — אָז (ʼâz, awz): a demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore; beginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.
H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

openeth — 2 Samuel 7:27, Job 36:10, Job 36:15, Psalms 40:6, Isaiah 6:10, Isaiah 48:8, Isaiah 50:5, Luke 24:45, Acts 16:14
sealeth — Nehemiah 9:38, Romans 15:28

Related Topics

Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES, AGENCY, CONVICTION, GOD, PHILOSOPHY, PROPHETS, WICKED (PEOPLE), WISDOM

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