Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
In Context
14For God speaks once, yea twice, [though man] does not regard it.
16Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction
Cross References
Genesis 15:12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram. And, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
Genesis 31:24And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, Take heed to thyself that thou not speak to Jacob either good or bad.
Job 4:13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
Daniel 4:5I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
Hebrews 1:1God, who formerly spoke in many portions and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets, spoke to us in these last days by a Son,
Matthew Henry on Job 33:15-19
14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, 17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. Job had complained that God kept him wholly in the dark concerning the meaning of his dealings with him, and therefore concluded… Read the whole commentary →