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Job 33:17

Verse 17 of 33. The 33rd of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.

13Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?

14For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.

15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,

16then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,

17that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

18He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

19“He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,

20so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

21His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.