Job 33:15

Job 33:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
• New International Version (NIV)In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds,
• English Standard Version (ESV)In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber on their beds,
• New King James Version (NKJV)In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls upon men, While slumbering on their beds,

Context of Job 33:15

13“Why do you complain against Him? That He does not answer [you with] all His doings. 14For God speaks once, And even twice, yet no one notices it [including you, Job]. 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, 16Then He opens the ears of men And seals their instruction, 17That He may turn man aside from his conduct, And keep him from pride;

Job 33:15 word by word

בַּחֲל֤וֹם׀ חֶזְי֬וֹן לַ֗יְלָה בִּנְפֹ֣ל תַּ֭רְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִׁ֑ים בִּ֝תְנוּמ֗וֹת עֲלֵ֣י מִשְׁכָּֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In a dreamחֲלוֹםchălôm chălôm · dreamH2472
• in a visionחִזָּיוֹןchizzâyôn · visionH2384
• of the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• when deepתַּרְדֵּמָהtardêmâh · deep sleepH8639
• sleep fallethנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• upon menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• in slumberingsתְּנוּמָהtenûmâh · slumberH8572
• upon the bedמִשְׁכָּבmishkâb · bedH4904

Cross-references for Job 33:15

• Job 4:13Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,
• Genesis 20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream during the night, and said, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken [as your wife], for she is another man’s wife.”
• Genesis 31:24God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Be careful that you do not speak to Jacob, either good or bad.”
• Numbers 12:6And He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord will make Myself known to him in a vision And I will speak to him in a dream.
• Jeremiah 23:28The prophet who has a dream may tell his dream; but he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat [for nourishment]?” says the Lord.
• Daniel 4:5I saw a dream and it made me afraid; and the fantasies and thoughts and the visions [that appeared] in my mind as I lay on my bed kept alarming me.
• Hebrews 1:1God, having spoken to the fathers long ago in [the voices and writings of] the prophets in many separate revelations [each of which set forth a portion of the truth], and in many ways,
• Genesis 15:12When the sun was setting, a deep sleep overcame Abram; and a horror (terror, shuddering fear, nightmare) of great darkness overcame him.
• Daniel 8:18Now as he (Gabriel) was speaking with me, I drifted into a deep sleep (unconsciousness) with my face to the ground; but he touched me and made me stand [where I had stood before].

Commentaries on Job 33:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15I. In a Dream In a Dream - when deep sleep falleth upon men - Many, by such means, have had the most salutary warnings; and to decry all such, because there are many vain dreams, would be nearly as much wisdom as to deny the Bible, because there are many foolish books, the authors of which supposed they were under a Divine influence while composing them. II. In a Vision In a Vision of the night - in slumberings upon the bed - Visions or images presented…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15In a dream - This was one of the methods by which the will of God was made known in the early periods of the world; see the notes at Job 4:12-17. And for a fuller account of this method of communicating the divine will, see the introduction to Isaiah, Section 7 (2). In a vision of the night - Notes, Job 4:13; compare the introduction to Isaiah, Section 7 (4). When deep sleep falleth upon men - This may be designed to intimate more distinctly that it was…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-18Verses 14-18 God speaks to us by conscience, by providences, and by ministers; of all these Elihu discourses. There was not then, that we know of, any Divine revelation in writing, though now it is our principal guide. When God designs men's good, by the convictions and dictates of their own consciences, he opens the heart, as Lydia's, and opens the ears, so that conviction finds or forces its way in. The end and design of these admonitions are to keep…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15In a dream: For examples, see Genesis 15:12; 20:3; 31:24; 40:1–41:36; Daniel 2:1–45; Joel 2:28; Acts 16:9–10.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. slumberings--light is opposed to "deep sleep." Elihu has in view Eliphaz (Job 4:13), and also Job himself (Job 7:14). "Dreams" in sleep, and "visions" of actual apparitions, were among the ways whereby God then spake to man (Ge 20:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 33:15

• Agency
• Conviction
• God
• God Continued...
• Philosophy
• Prophets
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Deep Sleep
• Account
• Elihu
• Path
• Ransom
• Soul
• Stick
• Wish
• Affliction
• Elihu (2)

Commentaries on Job 33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings