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Elihu Rebukes Job

Job 33:15

In 11 translations

BSB
In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
KJV
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
WEB
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,
ASV
In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;
LSV
In a dream—a vision of night, || In the falling of deep sleep on men, || In slumberings on a bed.
YLT
In a dream — a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
DBY
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
DRC
By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds:
GNV
In dreames and visions of the night, when sleepe falleth vpon men, and they sleepe vpon their beds,
JPS
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
LXXE
sending a dream, or in the meditation of the night; (as when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men, in slumberings on the bed:)

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
בַּחֲל֤וֹם ׀ חֶזְי֬וֹן לַ֗יְלָה בִּנְפֹ֣ל תַּ֭רְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִׁ֑ים בִּ֝תְנוּמ֗וֹת עֲלֵ֣י מִשְׁכָּֽב׃
LXX-Br
ἐνύπνιον ἢ ἐν μελέτῃ νυκτερινῇ, ὡς ὅταν ἐπιπίπτῃ δεινὸς φόβος ἐπʼ ἀνθρώπους, ἐπὶ νυσταγμάτων ἐπὶ κοίτης·

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Numbers 12:6He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
  • Job 4:13In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
  • Genesis 31:24But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
  • Genesis 20:3One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
  • Daniel 4:5I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
  • Jeremiah 23:28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
  • Daniel 8:18While he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, helped me to my feet,
  • Hebrews 1:1On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
  • Genesis 15:12As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

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