Sirach 34:1-8

Good News Translation

Dreams Mean Nothing

34 ^(A)Foolish people are deceived by vain hopes, and dreams get them all excited. ² A person who pays any attention at all to dreams is like someone who tries to catch shadows or chase the wind. ³ What you see in a dream is no more real than the reflection of your face in a mirror. ⁴ What is unreal can no more produce something real than what is dirty can produce something clean. ⁵ Dreams, divination, and omens are all nonsense. You see in them only what you want to see.^{[a] 6} Unless the Most High has sent you the dream, pay no attention to it. ⁷ Dreams have misled many people; they put their faith in them, only to be disappointed. ⁸ The Law is complete without such falsehood. Wisdom, as spoken by the righteous, is also complete without it.