Job 4:13
He spoke to me at night when I was having a bad dream that disturbed/frightened me while I was fast asleep.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
In Context
12“I heard a message that someone came and whispered to me.
14It caused me to be afraid and tremble; it caused all my bones to shake.
Cross References
Genesis 15:12As the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep, and suddenly everything around him became dark and frightening.
Genesis 28:12While he was sleeping, he had a dream, in which he was surprised to see a stairway. The bottom of the stairway was on the earth and the top was in the sky. Jacob also saw that God’s angels were going up and down the stairway.
Genesis 46:2That night, God called to Jacob in a vision, saying, “Jacob! Jacob!” He replied, “I am here!”
Numbers 22:19But stay here one more night, like the other messengers did, and I will find out if Yahweh has anything more to say to me.”
Job 33:15Sometimes he speaks to us at night in dreams and visions, when we are on our beds, asleep [DOU].
Daniel 2:28But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets. And he has shown in your dream what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you what you dreamed, the vision you saw as you were lying on your bed.
Matthew Henry on Job 4:13-21
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: 16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his… Read the whole commentary →