14 “Indeed (A)God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one notices it.
15 “In a (B)dream, a vision of the night,
When sound sleep falls on men,
While they slumber in their beds,
16 Then (C)He opens the ears of men,
And seals their instruction,
17 That He may turn man aside from his conduct,
And [a]keep man from pride;
18 He (D)keeps back his soul from the pit,
And his life from [b]passing over (E)into Sheol.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:17 Lit hide
  2. Job 33:18 M.T. perishing by the sword

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