Ben Sira 34:5

5 Dreams, divination, and omens are all nonsense. You see in them only what you want to see.

Ben Sira 34:5 In-Context

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.

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.

Footnotes

• [a]. [Probable text] You see . . . to see; [Greek] The mind has an imagination like a woman in labor.