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Sirach 34:1

Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding. Dreams give wings to fools.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof driveth away sleep.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools.
King James Version
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