American Standard Version
Job 7:14
14Then thou scarest me with dreams,And terrifiest me through visions:
Job 7:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
- New International Version (NIV)even then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
- English Standard Version (ESV)then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then You scare me with dreams And terrify me with visions,
Context of Job 7:14
12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me? 13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint; Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions: 15So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones. 16I loathe my life; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Read all of Job 7Job 7:14 word by word
וְחִתַּתַּ֥נִי בַחֲלֹמ֑וֹת וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנ֥וֹת תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 7:14
- Genesis 40:5And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.
- Genesis 41:8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
- Judges 7:13And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man telling a dream unto his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream; and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and smote it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.
- Daniel 2:1And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
- Matthew 27:19And while he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Commentaries on Job 7:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Thou sparest me with dreams - There is no doubt that Satan was permitted to haunt his imagination with dreadful dreams and terrific appearances; so that, as soon as he fell asleep, he was suddenly roused and alarmed by those appalling images. He needed rest by sleep, but was afraid to close his eyes because of the horrid images which were presented to his imagination. Could there be a state more deplorable than this?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Then thou scarest me - This is an address to God. He regarded him as the source of his sorrows, and he expresses his sense of this in language indeed very beautiful, but far from reverence. With dreams - see Job 7:4. A similar expression occurs in Ovid: Ut puto, cam requies medicinaque publica curae, Somnus adest, soliris nox venit orba malis, Somnia me terrent. veros imitantia casus, Et vigilant sensus in mea damna mei. Do Ponto, Lib. i. Eleg. 2. And…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-16Verses 7-16 Plain truths as to the shortness and vanity of man's life, and the certainty of death, do us good, when we think and speak of them with application to ourselves. Dying is done but once, and therefore it had need be well done. An error here is past retrieve. Other clouds arise, but the same cloud never returns: so a new generation of men is raised up, but the former generation vanishes away. Glorified saints shall return no more to the cares…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14Job's dreams and visions while sick were similar to those of Eliphaz (4:12–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. The frightful dreams resulting from elephantiasis he attributes to God; the common belief assigned all night visions to God.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Job 7
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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