Ecclesiasticus 34:1
The hopes of a man that is void of understanding are vain and deceitful: and dreams lift up fools.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Vana spes et mendacium viro insensato : et somnia extollunt imprudentes.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Κεναὶ ἐλπίδες καὶ ψευδεῖς ἀσυνέτῳ ἀνδρί, καὶ ἐνύπνια ἀναπτεροῦσιν ἄφρονας.
Haydock's commentary
The. Greek, "on dreams. The," &c. (Haydock)
No dependence can be had on the pretended interpretation of dreams, which do not come from God; (Calmet) as some do, Matthew i., and Daniel ii. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.