14 For God does speak(A)—now one way, now another(B)
    though no one perceives it.(C)
15 In a dream,(D) in a vision(E) of the night,(F)
    when deep sleep(G) falls on people
    as they slumber in their beds,
16 he may speak(H) in their ears
    and terrify them(I) with warnings,(J)
17 to turn them from wrongdoing
    and keep them from pride,(K)
18 to preserve them from the pit,(L)
    their lives from perishing by the sword.[a](M)

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  1. Job 33:18 Or from crossing the river

14 Indeed (A)God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one notices it.
15 In a (B)dream, a vision of the night,
When deep sleep falls on people,
While they slumber in their beds,
16 Then (C)He opens the ears of people,
And horrifies them with warnings,
17 So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct,
And [a]keep a man from pride;
18 He (D)keeps his soul back from the pit,
And his life from perishing by the (E)spear.

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  1. Job 33:17 Lit hide

14 
“For God speaks once,
And even twice, yet no one notices it [including you, Job].
15 
“In a dream, a vision of the night [one may hear God’s voice],
When deep sleep falls on men
While slumbering upon the bed,
16 
Then He opens the ears of men
And seals their instruction,
17 
That He may turn man aside from his conduct,
And keep him from pride;
18 
He holds back his soul from the pit [of destruction],
And his life from passing over into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

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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.

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14 For God (A)speaks in one way,
    (B)and in two, though man (C)does not perceive it.
15 In (D)a dream, in (E)a vision of (F)the night,
    when (G)deep sleep falls on men,
    while they slumber on their beds,
16 then he (H)opens the ears of men
    and terrifies[a] them with warnings,
17 that he may turn man aside from his (I)deed
    and conceal pride from a man;
18 he keeps back his soul from the pit,
    his life from (J)perishing by the sword.

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  1. Job 33:16 Or seals