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Job 33:14-22
GOD’S WORD Translation
Job 33:14-22
GOD’S WORD Translation
Two Ways God Warns People
14 “God speaks in one way,
even in two ways without people noticing it:
15 In a dream, a prophetic vision at night,
when people fall into a deep sleep,
when they sleep on their beds,
16 he opens people’s ears
and terrifies them with warnings.
17 ⌞He warns them⌟ to turn away from doing ⌞wrong⌟
and to stop being arrogant.[a]
18 He keeps their souls from the pit
and their lives from crossing the River ⌞of Death⌟.
19 In pain on their sickbeds, they are disciplined
with endless aching in their bones
20 so that their whole being hates food
and they lose their appetite for a delicious meal.
21 Their flesh becomes so thin that it can’t be seen.
Their bones, not seen before, will be exposed.
22 Their souls approach the pit.
Their lives come close to those already dead.
Footnotes
- 33:17 Or “and cover a person’s pride.”
Job 33:14-22
New International Version
Job 33:14-22
New International Version
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)
19 “Or someone may be chastened(N) on a bed of pain(O)
with constant distress in their bones,(P)
20 so that their body finds food(Q) repulsive
and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(R)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
and their bones,(S) once hidden, now stick out.(T)
22 They draw near to the pit,(U)
and their life to the messengers of death.[b](V)
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