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Job 33:14–17

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14He speaks in one way and then another.

We might not even realize it.

15He might speak in a dream or in a vision at night.

That’s when people are sound asleep in their beds.

16He might speak in their ears.

His warnings might terrify them.

17He warns men in order to turn them away from sinning.

He wants to keep them from being proud.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For God speaks in one way,

and in two, though man does not perceive it.

In a dream, in a vision of the night,

when deep sleep falls on men,

while they slumber on their beds,

then he opens the ears of men

and terrifies them with warnings,

that he may turn man aside from his deed

and conceal pride from a man;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For God does speak—now one way, now another—

though no one perceives it.

In a dream, in a vision of the night,

when deep sleep falls on people

as they slumber in their beds,

he may speak in their ears

and terrify them with warnings,

to turn them from wrongdoing

and keep them from pride,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For God speaks time and again,

but a person may not notice it.

In a dream, a vision in the night,

when deep sleep comes over people

as they slumber on their beds,

he uncovers their ears

and terrifies them with warnings,

in order to turn a person from his actions

and suppress the pride of a person.

NLTNew Living Translation

For God speaks again and again,

though people do not recognize it.

He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night,

when deep sleep falls on people

as they lie in their beds.

He whispers in their ears

and terrifies them with warnings.

He makes them turn from doing wrong;

he keeps them from pride.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Indeed, God speaks in one way,

even in two, yet someone does not perceive it.

“In a dream, a vision of the night,

when a deep sleep falls on men slumbering on their bed,

then he opens the ear of men,

and he frightens them with a warning

to turn human beings aside from their deeds,

and he keeps man from pride.

KJV 1900King James Version

For God speaketh once,

Yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

In a dream, in a vision of the night,

When deep sleep falleth upon men,

In slumberings upon the bed;

Then he openeth the ears of men,

And sealeth their instruction,

That he may withdraw man from his purpose,

And hide pride from man.