Job 33:14-22

International Standard Version

¹⁴ “God speaks time and time again^[a]—
    but nobody notices—
¹⁵ in a dream or night vision,
    when a deep sleep falls on mankind
        while they sleep on their beds.
¹⁶ That’s when he opens the ear of mankind,
    authenticating his messages^[b] to them,
¹⁷ turning a person from his actions,
    keeping him^[c] from pride,
¹⁸ sparing his soul from the Pit^[d]
    and his life from violent death.^[e]

¹⁹ “He is being reproved by painful bed rest,
    with continual aching in his bones.
²⁰ He cannot stand his food,
    and he^[f] has no desire for appetizing food.
²¹ His flesh wastes away;
    his bones, which once couldn’t be seen, are visible.
²² His soul is getting close to the Pit;^[g]
    his life is approaching its executioner.”