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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 34
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Whoso regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.
- WEB
- As one who grasps at a shadow and follows after the wind, so is he who sets his mind on dreams.
- DRC
- The man that giveth heed to lying visions, is like to him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.
- LXXE
- Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleep.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μέριμνα ἀγρυπνίας ἀπαιτήσει νυσταγμὸν, καὶ ἀῤῥώστημα βαρὺ ἐκνήψει ὕπνος.