Third Millennium Bible TMB
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14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
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For God does speak—now one way, now another— though no one perceives it.
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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In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds,
16 then He openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
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he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,
17 that He may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
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to turn them from wrongdoing and keep them from pride,
18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
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to preserve them from the pit, their lives from perishing by the sword.
19 "He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain,
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“Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in their bones,
20 so that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
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so that their body finds food repulsive and their soul loathes the choicest meal.
21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out.
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Their flesh wastes away to nothing, and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.
22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
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They draw near to the pit, and their life to the messengers of death.
23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand to show unto man his uprightness,
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Yet if there is an angel at their side, a messenger, one out of a thousand, sent to tell them how to be upright,
24 then he is gracious unto him and saith, `Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom.'
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and he is gracious to that person and says to God, ‘Spare them from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom for them—
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