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Job 4:13
In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Eliphaz addresses Job following a nocturnal vision that occurred after a secret whisper reached his ears (Job 4:12).
The words — The Hebrew תַּרְדֵּמָה (tardeamah) literally denotes "deep sleep," and בִּשְׂעִפִּים (bi'se'ifim) translates to "disquieting thoughts" or visions.
The thread — The combination of night visions and deep sleep appears in Genesis 15:12 and Genesis 2:21, while Job 33:14 observes that God communicates in ways people frequently overlook.
Why it lands — The text describes a physical and psychological reaction to supernatural revelation before attributing it to divine communication, asking the reader to recognize how encounters with the sacred often bypass conscious processing to produce immediate bodily dread.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
Cross-references
- Job 33:14 For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
- Genesis 2:21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
- Genesis 15:12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
- Genesis 20:3 One 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.”
- Genesis 28:12 And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
- Genesis 31:24 But 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 46:2 And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
- Numbers 12:6 He 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.
- Numbers 22:19 So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”
- Daniel 2:19 During the night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heaven