Job 36:10
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He also shall open their ear, to correct them: and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.

openeth

Job 36:15 He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.

Job 33:16-23 Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn. . . .

Psalm 40:6 Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not require:

Isaiah 48:8,17 Thou hast neither heard, nor known, neither was thy ear opened of old. For I know that transgressing thou wilt transgress, and I have called thee a transgressor from the womb. . . .

Isaiah 50:5 The Lord God hath opened my ear, and I do not resist: I have not gone back.

Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, did hear: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to those things which were said by Paul.

commandeth

Proverbs 1:22,23 Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words. . . .

Proverbs 8:4,5 O little ones understand subtlety, and ye unwise, take notice. . . .

Proverbs 9:4-6 Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you. . . .

Isaiah 1:16-20 Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes, cease to do perversely, . . .

Isaiah 55:6,7 Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near. . . .

Jeremiah 4:3,4 For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda and Jerusalem: Break up anew your fallow ground, and sow not upon thorns: . . .

Jeremiah 7:3-7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Make your ways and your doings good: and I will dwell with you in this place. . . .

Ezekiel 18:30,31 Therefore will I judge every man according to his ways, O house of Israel, saith the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities: and iniquity shall not be your ruin. . . .

Hosea 14:1 Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God: for thou hast fallen down by thy iniquity.

Matthew 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.

Acts 3:19 Be penitent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.

Acts 17:30 And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men that all should every where do penance.

James 4:8 Draw nigh to God: and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Context
Elihu Declares God's Justice and Power
9He shall shew them their works, and their wicked deeds, because they have been violent. 10He also shall open their ear, to correct them: and shall speak, that they may return from iniquity.11If they shall hear and observe, they shall accomplish their days in good, and their years in glory.…
Cross References
2 Kings 17:13
And the Lord testified to them in Israel, and in Juda, by the hand of all the prophets and seers, saying: Return from your wicked ways, and keep my precepts, and ceremonies, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers: and as I have sent to you in the hand of my servants the prophets.

Job 33:16
Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn.

Job 36:15
He shall deliver the poor out of his distress, and shall open his ear in affliction.

Job 36:21
Beware thou turn not aside to iniquity: for this thou hast begun to follow after misery.

Jonah 3:8
And he caused it to be proclaimed and published in Ninive, from the mouth of the king and of his princes, saying: Let neither men nor beasts, oxen, nor sheep taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water.

Zephaniah 3:7
I said: Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive correction: and her dwelling shall not perish, for all things wherein I have visited her: but they rose early, and corrupted all their thoughts.

Lexicon
He opens
וַיִּ֣גֶל (way·yi·ḡel)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1540: To denude, to exile, to reveal

their ears
אָ֭זְנָם (’ā·zə·nām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 241: Broadness, the ear

to correction
לַמּוּסָ֑ר (lam·mū·sār)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4148: Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint

and commands
וַ֝יֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

that
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

they turn
יְשֻׁב֥וּן (yə·šu·ḇūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

from iniquity.
מֵאָֽוֶן׃ (mê·’ā·wen)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol


Additional Translations
He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.He opens also their ear to discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity.

He openeth also their ear to instruction, And commandeth that they return from iniquity.

But he will hearken to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.

And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

He openeth also their ear to instruction, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.

And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.
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