King James Version

Job 33:15

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

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בַּחֲל֤וֹםbachalomin dreamחֲלוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in dream”, the ordinary formH2472a dreamdream(-er).חֶזְי֬וֹןchezyonvisionחִזָּיוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “vision”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2384a revelation, expectation by dreamvision.לַ֗יְלָהlaylahnightלַיִלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “night”, the ordinary formH3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity(mid-)night (season).בִּנְפֹ֣לbinfolin fallנָפַלpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “in fall”, the to-form of the verbH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…תַּ֭רְדֵּמָהtardemahdeep sleepתַּרְדֵּמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “deep sleep”, the ordinary formH8639a lethargy or (by implication) trancedeep sleep.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…אֲנָשִׁ֑יםanashima certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…בִּ֝תְנוּמ֗וֹתbitnumotin slumberתְּנוּמָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “in slumber”, the ordinary formH8572drowsiness, i.e. sleepslumber(-ing).עֲלֵ֣יaleaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מִשְׁכָּֽבmishkavbedמִשְׁכָּבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “bed”, the ordinary formH4904a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercoursebed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

In a dream — a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

By a dream in a vision by night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, and they are sleeping in their beds:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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:)

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐνύπνιον ἢ ἐν μελέτῃ νυκτερινῇ, ὡς ὅταν ἐπιπίπτῃ δεινὸς φόβος ἐπʼ ἀνθρώπους, ἐπὶ νυσταγμάτων ἐπὶ κοίτης·

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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