Job 33:14-22

International Children’s Bible

¹⁴ God does speak—sometimes one way and sometimes another.
    He speaks even though men may not understand it.
¹⁵ God may speak in a dream or a vision of the night.
    This is when men are in a deep sleep
    and lying in their beds.
¹⁶ He may speak in their ears
    and frighten them with warnings.
¹⁷ He warns them to turn away from doing wrong.
    And he warns them not to be proud.
¹⁸ God does this to save a man’s soul from death.
    He does it to keep him from dying.
¹⁹ A man may be corrected while on his bed in great pain.
    He may have continual pain in his very bones.
²⁰ He may be in such pain that he even hates food.
    He may hate even the very best meal.
²¹ His body becomes so thin there is almost nothing left of it.
    And his bones that were hidden by flesh now stick out.
²² His soul is near the place of death.
    His life is almost over.