Job 33:15
By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds :
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 speaketh once, and repeateth not the selfsame thing the second time.
16Then he openeth the ears of men, and teaching instructeth them in what they are to learn.
Cross References
Genesis 15:12And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.
Genesis 31:24And he saw in a dream God saying to him: Take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against Jacob.
Job 4:13In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,
Daniel 4:5I saw a dream that affrighted me: and my thoughts in my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.
Hebrews 1:1God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all,
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 →