12. “But in this, you are not right— I answer you, for God is greater than a mortal.
13. Why do you contend against Him that He does not answer all His words.
14. Indeed, God speaks once, even twice, yet no one perceives it.
15. “In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, as they slumber in bed,
16. Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction,
17. in order to turn a man from his conduct and to cover a person’s pride.
18. He spares his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
19. Or a person is chastened with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
20. so that his life loathes bread, and his soul, desirable food.
21. His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, once unseen, now stick out.
22. His soul draws near to the Pit and his life to the messengers of death.