King James Version

Job 33:16

Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

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אָ֣זazat which timeאָזadverb — “at which time”H227at that time or place; also as a conjunction, thereforebeginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.יִ֭גְלֶהyiglehexileגָּלָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “exile”, an unfinished actionH1540to 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.אֹ֣זֶןozenearאֹזֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “ear”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH241broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)[phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.אֲנָשִׁ֑יםanashima certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a 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, [phra…וּבְמֹ֖סָרָ֣םuvemosaramand in instructionמֹסָרconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and in instruction”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4561admonitioninstruction.יַחְתֹּֽםyachtomsealחָתַםverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “seal”, an unfinished actionH2856to close up; especially to sealmake an end, mark, seal (up), stop.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then He openeth the ears of men, and by their chastisement sealeth the decree,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction,

Young’s Literal Translation

Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth:

World English Bible

then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then He openeth the ears of men, and by their chastisement sealeth the decree,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

then opens he the understanding of men: he scares them with such fearful visions:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τότε ἀνακαλύπτει νοῦν ἀνθρώπων, ἐν εἴδεσι φόβου τοιούτοις αὐτοὺς ἐξεφόβησεν.