New International Reader's Version

Job 33:15-21 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

15. He might speak in a dream or in a vision at night. That's when people are sound asleep in their beds.

16. He might speak in their ears. His warnings might terrify them.

17. He warns men in order to turn them away from sinning. He wants to keep them from being proud.

18. He wants to stop them from going down into the grave. He doesn't want them to be killed with swords.

19. Someone might be punished by suffering in bed. The pain in his bones might never go away.

20. He might feel so bad he can't eat anything. He might even hate the finest food.

21. His body might waste away to nothing. His bones might have been hidden. But now they stick out.