Parallel SIR 34:1

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BrLXX Ἀγρυπνία πλούτου ἐκτήκει σάρκας, καὶ ἡ μέριμνα αὐτοῦ ἀφιστᾷ ὕπνον.
(Agrupnia ploutou ektaʸkei sarkas, kai haʸ merimna autou afista hupnon. )

BrTr Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof driveth away sleep.

WEBBE Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding.
⇔ Dreams give wings to fools.

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]The hopes of a man voyd of vnderstanding are vaine, and false: and dreames lift vp fooles.
(¶ The hopes of a man void of understanding are vaine, and false: and dreames lift up fooles.)

34:1 Of dreames.