Catholic Public Domain Version

Sirach 34:1-4 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

1. The hopes of a senseless man are empty and false; and dreams extol the imprudent.

2. Like one who chases a shadow and pursues the wind, so also is one who pays attention to lying visions.

3. In the vision of dreams, one thing represents another, as when a mask is before the face of a man.

4. What can be cleansed by the unclean? And what truth can be spoken from a lie?