14 For God speaks time and again,
but a person may not notice it.
15 In a dream, a vision(A) in the night,
when deep sleep falls on people(B)
as they slumber on their beds,
16 He uncovers their ears(C) at that time
and terrifies them[a] with warnings,
17 in order to turn a person from his actions
and suppress his pride.[b]
18 God spares his soul from the Pit,(D)
his life from crossing the river of death.[c]
19 A person may be disciplined on his bed(E) with pain
and constant distress in his bones,(F)
20 so that he detests bread,
and his soul despises his favorite food.(G)
21 His flesh wastes away to nothing,[d]
and his unseen bones stick out.
22 He draws near to the Pit,
and his life to the executioners.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:16 LXX; MT reads and seals
  2. Job 33:17 Lit and cover pride within a man
  3. Job 33:18 Or from perishing by the sword
  4. Job 33:21 Lit away from sight

14 Indeed, God speaks in one way,
even[a] in two,[b] yet someone does not perceive it.
15 “In a dream, a vision of the night,
when a deep sleep falls on men slumbering on their bed,
16 then he opens the ear of men,
and he frightens them with a warning[c]
17 to turn human beings aside from their deeds,
and he keeps man from pride.
18 He spares his life from the pit
and his life from passing over the river of death.
19 “And he is reproved with pain on his bed,
even[d] with the strife of his bones continually,
20 so that[e] his life loathes bread,
and his inner self[f] loathes appetizing food.[g]
21 His flesh is wasted away from sight,
and his bones, which are invisible, are bared.
22 And he[h] draws near to the pit
and his life to the killers.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:14 Hebrew “and”
  2. Job 33:14 Or “time and again” (NJPS, HCSB)
  3. Job 33:16 Literally “with their warning he frightens”
  4. Job 33:19 Hebrew “and”
  5. Job 33:20 Hebrew “and”
  6. Job 33:20 Or “soul”
  7. Job 33:20 Literally “food of desire”
  8. Job 33:22 Literally “his inner self/soul”