Job 33:16-18

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁶ Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction [terrifying them with warnings],

¹⁷ That He may withdraw man from his purpose and cut off pride from him [disgusting him with his own disappointing self-sufficiency].

¹⁸ He holds him back from the pit [of destruction], and his life from perishing by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments].