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 contend against Him that He does not answer all His words. 14Indeed, God speaks once, even twice, yet no one perceives it. “In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, as they slumber in bed, 16Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction, 17in order to turn a man from his conduct and to cover a person’s 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 unsettling visions in the night, when a deep sleep falls on men,
• Genesis 20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, “Behold, you are as good as dead, because of the woman whom you have taken—since she is a married woman.”
• Genesis 31:24But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Watch yourself—lest you say anything to Jacob, good or bad.”
• Numbers 12:6“Hear now My words!” He said. “When there is a prophet of Adonai, I reveal Myself in a vision, I speak to him in a dream.
• Jeremiah 23:28“The prophet who has a dream may recount a dream, but let the one who has My word speak My word in truth. For what is straw compared with wheat?” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Daniel 4:5Finally Daniel—whose name was Belteshazzar after the name of my god and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods—came in before me and I told him the dream.
• Hebrews 1:1At many times and in many ways, God spoke long ago to the fathers through the prophets.
• Genesis 15:12When the sun was about to set and a deep sleep fell on Abram, behold, terror of great darkness was falling upon him!
• Daniel 8:18“While he was speaking to me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground. But he touched me and stood me 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