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

13Why do you take him to court for not answering anything a person asks? 14For God speaks time and again, but a person may not notice it. In a dream, a vision in the night, when deep sleep comes over people as they slumber on their beds, 16he uncovers their ears and terrifies them with warnings, 17in order to turn a person from his actions and suppress the pride of a person.

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 4:13Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep comes over men,
• Genesis 20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “You are about to die because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
• Genesis 31:24But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night. “Watch yourself!” God warned him. “Don’t say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
• Numbers 12:6he said: “Listen to what I say: If there is a prophet among you from the Lord, I make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.
• Jeremiah 23:28The prophet who has only a dream should recount the dream, but the one who has my word should speak my word truthfully, for what is straw compared to grain?” — this is the Lord’s declaration.
• Daniel 4:5I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
• Hebrews 1:1Long ago God spoke to our ancestors by the prophets at different times and in different ways.
• Genesis 15:12As the sun was setting, a deep sleep came over Abram, and suddenly great terror and darkness descended on him.
• Daniel 8:18While he was speaking to me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, made me stand up,

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