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In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls on men, In slumbering on the bed;
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God's Voice in Sleep
Commentators agree that in the era before written scripture was the primary guide, God commonly spoke to people through dreams and visions. Scholars note this could happen in both deep, sound sleep and lighter slumbers, when the mind was calm and receptive to divine instruction.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In a dream - This was one of the methods by which the will of God was made known in the early periods of the world; see the notes at ([Refer…
19th Century
Baptist
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
In a dream, in a vision of the night That is, God speaks to men in this way, and which in those times was his most u…
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God speaks to us by conscience, by providences, and by ministers; Elihu discourses on all of these. At that time, as far as we know, there was no D…
13th Century
Catholic
Elihu has already proposed the things he intended to debate with Job. Since Job, before he spoke the words Elihu cited (Job 33:10–11), …
