Job 33 · Verse 15

Job 33:15

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
Job 33:15, King James Version

Job 33:15 in other translations

BSBIn a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
WEBIn a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,
ASVIn a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;
YLTIn a dream--a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
DARBYIn a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
BBEIn a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds;
WebsterIn a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

What does Job 33:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. slumberings--light is opposed to "deep sleep." Elihu has in view Eliphaz (Job 4:13), and also Job himself (Job 7:14). "Dreams" in sleep, and "visions" of actual apparitions, were among the ways whereby God then spake to man (Ge 20:3).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 I. In a Dream In a Dream - when deep sleep falleth upon men - Many, by such means, have had the most salutary warnings; and to decry all such, because there are many vain dreams, would be nearly as much wisdom as to deny the Bible, because there are many foolish books, the authors of which supposed they were under a Divine influence while composing them. II. In a Vision In a Vision of the night - in slumberings upon the bed - Visions or images presented in the imagination during slumber, when men are betwixt sleeping and waking, or when, awake and in bed, they are wrapt up in deep contemplation, the darkness of the night having shut out all objects from their sight, so that the mind is not diverted by images of earthly things impressed on the senses. Many warnings in this way have come from God; and the impression they made, and the good effect they produced, were the proofs of their Divine origin. To deny this would be to call into doubt the testimony of the best, wisest, and holiest men in all ages of the Church. Of one of these visions we have a remarkable account in this book, Job 4:12-21. And this vision seems to have taken place in the night season, when Eliphaz awoke from a deep sleep. There is this difference between the accidents of the dream and the vision: the former takes place when deep sleep falleth upon men; the latter, in the night, in or after slumberings upon the bed.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 33:14-18

God speaks to us by conscience, by providences, and by ministers; of all these Elihu discourses. There was not then, that we know of, any Divine revelation in writing, though now it is our principal guide. When God designs men's good, by the convictions and dictates of their own consciences, he opens the heart, as Lydia's, and opens the ears, so that conviction finds or forces its way in. The end and design of these…

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Job 33:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בַּחֲל֤וֹם\׀ba.cha.Lomin a dreamH2472
חֶזְי֬וֹןchez.Yona vision ofH2384
לַ֗יְלָהLay.lah[the] nightH3915
בִּנְפֹ֣לbin.Folwhen fallsH5307
תַּ֭רְדֵּמָהTar.de.mahdeep sleepH8639
עַל\־'al-onH5921
אֲנָשִׁ֑ים'a.na.ShimpeopleH582
בִּ֝תְנוּמ֗וֹתbit.nu.Motin slumber<s>H8572
עֲלֵ֣י'a.LeionH5921
מִשְׁכָּֽב\׃mish.Kava bedH4904

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 33:15

  • Numbers 12:6

    And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.

  • Job 4:13

    In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

  • Genesis 20:3

    But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.

  • Genesis 31:24

    And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

  • Daniel 4:5

    I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

  • Daniel 8:18

    Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.

  • Jeremiah 23:28

    The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.

  • Hebrews 1:1

    God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

  • Genesis 15:12

    And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a dream.
4:13; Ge 20:3; 31:24; Nu 12:6; Jer 23:28; Da 4:5; Heb 1:1
deep.
Ge 15:12; Da 8:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 33:14

    For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

  • Job 33:15

    In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

  • Job 33:16

    Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,

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Job 33:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por sueño de visión nocturna, cuando el sueño cae sobre los hombres, cuando se adormecen sobre el lecho;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Dans un songe, dans une vision de nuit, quand un profond sommeil tombe sur les hommes, quand ils dorment sur leurs lits:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Im Traume, im Nachtgesicht, wenn tiefer Schlaf die Menschen befällt, im Schlummer auf dem Lager:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Per somnium, in visione nocturna, quando irruit sopor super homines, et dormiunt in lectulo,