15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
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And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-18)Job had complained that God kept him wholly in the dark concerning the meaning of his dealings with him, and therefore concluded he dealt with him as his enemy. “No,” says Elihu, “he speaks to you, but you do not perceive him; so that the fault is yours, not his; and he is designing your real good even in those dispensations which you put this harsh construction upon.” Observe in general, 1. What…
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