¹⁴ God does speak—sometimes ·one way and sometimes another [or once and sometimes twice]—
    even though people may not ·understand [perceive] it.
¹⁵ He speaks in a dream or a vision of the night
    when people are in a deep sleep,
    lying on their beds in slumber.
¹⁶ He ·speaks in [^Lopens] their ears
    and frightens them with warnings
¹⁷ to turn them away from doing wrong
    and to keep them from being proud.
¹⁸ God does this to ·save people [^Lkeep them] from ·death [^Lthe Pit; ^Ca reference to the grave and the underworld],
    to keep them from ·dying [^Lthe water channel; ^Canother reference to the grave and the underworld].
¹⁹ People may be ·corrected [reprimanded; reproved] while in bed in great pain;
    they may have continual pain in their very bones.
²⁰ ·They may be in such pain that they even hate [^LTheir lives loathe] food,
    even ·the very best meal [choice food].
²¹ ·Their body becomes so thin [^LTheir flesh wastes away so that] ·there is almost nothing left of it [^Lit cannot be seen],
    and their bones that were hidden now stick out.
²² ·They are [^LTheir souls draw] near ·death [^Lthe Pit; 33:18],
    and their life ·is almost over [^Lcomes near those who bring death].