Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
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Sirach 34:2

As one who grasps at a shadow and follows after the wind, so is he who sets his mind on dreams.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleep.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
Whoso regards dreams is like him that catches at a shadow, and follows after the wind.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Whoso regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.
King James Version