Job 33:15
Through a dream in a vision of the night, when a deep sleep falls over men, and they are sleeping in their beds,
Catholic Public Domain 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
14God speaks once, and he does not repeat the same thing a second time.
16then, he opens the ears of men, and, educating them, he teaches discipline,
Cross References
Genesis 15:12And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a dread, great and dark, invaded him.
Genesis 31:24And he saw in a dream, God saying to him, “Beware that you not speak anything harsh against Jacob.”
Job 4:13In the horror of a vision by night, when men are accustomed to be overtaken by a deep sleep,
Daniel 4:5And then their colleague came in before me, Daniel, (whose name is Belteshazzar according to the name of my god,) who has the spirit of the holy gods within his very self, and I told the dream directly to him.
Hebrews 1:1In many places and in many ways, in past times, God spoke to the fathers through the Prophets;
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 →