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14 For God speaks in one way
    and in two, though people do not perceive it.(A)
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night,
    when deep sleep falls on mortals,
    while they slumber on their beds,(B)
16 then he opens their ears
    and terrifies them with warnings,(C)
17 that he may turn them aside from their deeds
    and keep them from pride,
18 to spare their souls from the Pit,
    their lives from traversing the River.
19 They are also chastened with pain upon their beds
    and with continual strife in their bones,(D)
20 so that their lives loathe bread
    and their appetites dainty food.(E)
21 Their flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,
    and their bones, once invisible, now stick out.(F)
22 Their souls draw near the Pit
    and their lives to those who bring death.(G)

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14 For God speaks in one way,
    and in two, though man does not perceive it.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night,
    when deep sleep falls upon men,
    while they slumber on their beds,
16 then he opens the ears of men,
    and terrifies them with warnings,
17 that he may turn man aside from his deed,
    and cut off[a] pride from man;
18 he keeps back his soul from the Pit,
    his life from perishing by the sword.

19 “Man is also chastened with pain upon his bed,
    and with continual strife in his bones;
20 so that his life loathes bread,
    and his appetite dainty food.
21 His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen;
    and his bones which were not seen stick out.
22 His soul draws near the Pit,
    and his life to those who bring death.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:17 Cn: Heb hide