Job 33:14-22
New American Standard Bible
14 Indeed (A)God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one notices it.
15 In a (B)dream, a vision of the night,
When deep sleep falls on people,
While they slumber in their beds,
16 Then (C)He opens the ears of people,
And horrifies them with warnings,
17 So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct,
And [a]keep a man from pride;
18 He (D)keeps his soul back from the pit,
And his life from perishing by the (E)spear.
19 “A person is also rebuked by (F)pain in his bed,
And with constant complaint in his bones,
20 So that his life (G)loathes bread,
And his soul, food [b]that he should crave.
21 His (H)flesh wastes away from sight,
And his (I)bones, which were not seen, stick out.
22 Then (J)his soul comes near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.
Job 33:14-22
Common English Bible
14 God speaks in one way,
in two ways, but no one perceives it.
15 In the dream, a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls upon humans,
during their slumber on a bed,
16 then he opens people’s ears,
scares them with warnings,
17 to turn them from a deed
and to smother human pride.
18 He keeps one from the pit,
a life from perishing by the sword.
19 Or a person may be disciplined by pain
while in bed, bones ever aching
20 until a person loathes food,
an appetite rejects a delicacy;
21 the flesh wastes away, no longer visible;
the bones, once hidden, protrude.
22 A life approaches the pit;
its very being draws near the death dealers.
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