openeth: Heb. revealeth, or, uncovereth, Job 36:10, Job 36:15; 2 Samuel 7:27; 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
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Job 33:16
Job 33:16
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