Job 33:15
New International Version
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds,

New Living Translation
He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds.

English Standard Version
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber on their beds,

Berean Standard Bible
In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

King James Bible
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

New King James Version
In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls upon men, While slumbering on their beds,

New American Standard Bible
“In a dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on people, While they slumber in their beds,

NASB 1995
“In a dream, a vision of the night, When sound sleep falls on men, While they slumber in their beds,

NASB 1977
“In a dream, a vision of the night, When sound sleep falls on men, While they slumber in their beds,

Legacy Standard Bible
In a dream, a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on men, While they slumber in their beds,

Amplified Bible
“In a dream, a vision of the night [one may hear God’s voice], When deep sleep falls on men While slumbering upon the bed,

Christian Standard Bible
In a dream, a vision in the night, when deep sleep comes over people as they slumber on their beds,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In a dream, a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber on their beds,

American Standard Version
In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In a dream and in a vision of the night, when sleep falls on man in slumber on a couch

Brenton Septuagint Translation
sending a dream, or in the meditation of the night; (as when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men, in slumberings on the bed:)

Contemporary English Version
Sometimes in the night, he uses terrifying dreams

Douay-Rheims Bible
By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds :

English Revised Version
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In a dream, a prophetic vision at night, when people fall into a deep sleep, when they sleep on their beds,

Good News Translation
At night when people are asleep, God speaks in dreams and visions.

International Standard Version
in a dream or night vision, when a deep sleep falls on mankind while they sleep on their beds.

JPS Tanakh 1917
In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

Literal Standard Version
In a dream—a vision of night, | In the falling of deep sleep on men, | In slumberings on a bed.

Majority Standard Bible
In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

New American Bible
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon mortals as they slumber in their beds.

NET Bible
In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.

New Revised Standard Version
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on mortals, while they slumber on their beds,

New Heart English Bible
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed;

Webster's Bible Translation
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

World English Bible
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,

Young's Literal Translation
In a dream -- a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Elihu Rebukes Job
14For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices. 15In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds, 16He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings…

Cross References
Matthew 2:12
And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.

Matthew 27:19
While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him."

Genesis 15:12
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

Genesis 46:2
And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: "Jacob, Jacob!" He said. "Here I am," replied Jacob.

Job 4:12
Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.

Job 4:13
In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

Daniel 2:1
In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.


Treasury of Scripture

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumberings on the bed;

a dream

Job 4:13
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.

Genesis 31:24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

deep

Genesis 15:12
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Daniel 8:18
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.

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Job 33
1. Elihu offers himself instead of God to reason with Job
8. He excuses God from giving man an account of his ways, by his greatness
14. God calls man to repentance by visions, by afflictions, and by his ministry
31. He incites Job to attention














Verse 15. - In a dream, in a vision of the sight. So God spoke to Abimelech (Genesis 20:3-7), to Jacob (Genesis 31:11), to Laban (Genesis 31:24), to Joseph (Genesis 38:5, 9), to the Pharaoh whom Joseph served (Genesis 41:1-7), to Solomon (1 Kings 3:5), to Daniel (Daniel 2:19), to Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 2:28; Daniel 4:5-18), and to many others. Sometimes men recognized such visions as Divine communications; but sometimes, probably quite as often, they regarded them as mere dreams, fancies, phantasies, unworthy of any attention. Elihu seems to hold that Divine visions came only when deep sleep falleth upon men; and similarly Eliphaz, in Job 4:13. This method of revelation seems to belong especially to the more primitive times, and the earlier stages of God's dealings with men. In the New Testament dreams scarcely form any part of the economy of grace. In slumberings upon the bed. A pleonastic addition, which must not be regarded as diminishing from the force of the precedent clause.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In a dream,
בַּחֲל֤וֹם ׀ (ba·ḥă·lō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2472: A dream

in a vision
חֶזְי֬וֹן (ḥez·yō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2384: A revelation, dream

in the night,
לַ֗יְלָה (lay·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

when deep sleep
תַּ֭רְדֵּמָה (tar·dê·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8639: A lethargy, trance

falls
בִּנְפֹ֣ל (bin·p̄ōl)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

upon
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

men
אֲנָשִׁ֑ים (’ă·nā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

as they slumber
בִּ֝תְנוּמ֗וֹת (biṯ·nū·mō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 8572: Drowsiness, sleep

on
עֲלֵ֣י (‘ă·lê)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

their beds,
מִשְׁכָּֽב׃ (miš·kāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4904: Place of lying, a couch, act of lying


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