New Living Translation
Job 4:13
13It came to me in a disturbing vision at night, when people are in a deep sleep.
Job 4:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
- New International Version (NIV)Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on people,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Amid thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
- New King James Version (NKJV)In disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,
Context of Job 4:13
11The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered. 12“This truth was given to me in secret, as though whispered in my ear. It came to me in a disturbing vision at night, when people are in a deep sleep. 14Fear gripped me, and my bones trembled. 15A spirit swept past my face, and my hair stood on end.
Read all of Job 4Job 4:13 word by word
בִּ֭שְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנ֣וֹת לָ֑יְלָה בִּנְפֹ֥ל תַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗ה עַל־אֲנָשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 4:13
- Job 33:14For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it.
- Genesis 20:3But that night God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are a dead man, for that woman you have taken is already married!”
- Genesis 28:12As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway.
- Genesis 31:24But the previous night God had appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and told him, “I’m warning you—leave Jacob alone!”
- Genesis 46:2During the night God spoke to him in a vision. “Jacob! Jacob!” he called. “Here I am,” Jacob replied.
- Numbers 12:6And the Lord said to them, “Now listen to what I say: “If there were prophets among you, I, the Lord, would reveal myself in visions. I would speak to them in dreams.
- Numbers 22:19But stay here one more night, and I will see if the Lord has anything else to say to me.”
- Daniel 2:19That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven.
- Daniel 4:5But one night I had a dream that frightened me; I saw visions that terrified me as I lay in my bed.
- Genesis 2:21So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening.
- Genesis 15:12As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came down over him.
- Daniel 8:18While he was speaking, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. But Gabriel roused me with a touch and helped me to my feet.
- Daniel 10:9Then I heard the man speak, and when I heard the sound of his voice, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground.
Commentaries on Job 4:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13From the visions of the night - "It is in vain," says Mr. Good, "to search through ancient or modern poetry for a description that has any pretensions to rival that upon which we are now entering. Midnight-solitude - the deep sleep of all around - the dreadful chill and horripilation or erection of the hair over the whole body - the shivering, not of the muscles only, but of the bones themselves - the gliding approach of the spectre - the abruptness of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13In thoughts - Amidst the tumultuous and anxious thoughts which occur in the night. The Hebrew word rendered thoughts, (שׂעפים śâ‛ı̂phı̂ym ), means thoughts which divide and distract the mind. From the visions of the night - On the meaning of the word visions, see the notes at Isaiah 1:1. This was a common mode in which the will of God was made known in ancient times. For an extended description of this method of communicating the will of God, the reader…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-21Verses 12-21 Eliphaz relates a vision. When we are communing with our own hearts, and are still, Psa 4:4, then is a time for the Holy Spirit to commune with us. This vision put him into very great fear. Ever since man sinned, it has been terrible to him to receive communications from Heaven, conscious that he can expect no good tidings thence. Sinful man! shall he pretend to be more just, more pure, than God, who being his Maker, is his Lord and Owner?…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Eliphaz probably referred to the sleep caused by God that links to the visions given to prophets (33:15; Genesis 15:12; Numbers 12:6; Isaiah 29:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. In thoughts from the visions of the night--[So Winer]. While revolving night visions previously made to him (Da 2:29). Rather, "In my manifold (Hebrew, divided) thoughts, before the visions of the night commenced"; therefore not a delusive dream (Psa 4:4) [Umbreit]. deep sleep--(Ge 2:21; 15:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 4
- 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
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