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

13So you should not argue against him. You should not say, “God does not answer any of my questions.” 14God does speak to people. He speaks to them in many different ways. But often people do not recognize his voice. Sometimes God speaks to people in dreams and visions. He speaks to them at night, while they sleep in bed. 16He tells them about things that will happen. He warns them about terrible things, so that they are afraid. 17He tells them to turn away from their sins. He tells them not to be proud.

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 4:13I was asleep, but my dreams woke me.
• Genesis 20:3But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream. He said to Abimelech, ‘Now you will die! The woman that you have taken to be your wife is already a married woman.’
• Genesis 31:24Then God appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night. God warned him, ‘Be careful what you say to Jacob. Do not say anything good or bad to him.’
• Numbers 12:6Then he said, ‘Listen to my words! If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, will show myself to him in a vision. Or I will speak to him in a dream.
• Jeremiah 23:28If a prophet has a dream, he should say what it is. If a prophet receives a message from me, he should speak that message faithfully. But dreams are very different from my messages. Straw is not the same as wheat!
• Daniel 4:5Then I had a dream that made me very afraid. The thoughts in my mind gave me great trouble as I lay on my bed.
• Hebrews 1:1Many years ago, God spoke to our ancestors by his prophets. He spoke many times and in many different ways.
• Genesis 15:12When the sun was going down, Abram started to sleep. Suddenly he became very afraid because it was dark all around him.
• Daniel 8:18While Gabriel spoke to me I was lying with my face on the ground. I was asleep. But he touched me and he caused me to 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