Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
GNV1560

Sirach 34:1

THe hope of a foolish man is vaine & false, & dreames make fooles to haue wings.

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
WEBView canonical →
Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding. Dreams give wings to fools.
World English Bible