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Sirach 34:9 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" A well-instructed man knows many things. He who has much experience will declare understanding. "
Sirach 34:9
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
7 For dreams have led many astray. They have failed by putting their hope in them.
8 Without lying the law will be fulfilled. Wisdom is complete in a faithful mouth.
9 A well-instructed man knows many things. He who has much experience will declare understanding.
10 He who has no experience knows few things. But he who has traveled increases cleverness.
11 I have seen many things in my travels. My understanding is more than my words.
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Sirach 34:1
"Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding. Dreams give wings to fools."
Sirach 34:2
"As one who grasps at a shadow and follows after the wind, so is he who sets his mind on dreams."
Sirach 34:3
"The vision of dreams is a reflection, the likeness of a face near a face."
Sirach 34:4
"From an unclean thing what can be cleansed? From that which is false what can be true?"
Sirach 34:5
"Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain. The heart has fantasies like a woman in labor."
Sirach 34:6
"If they are not sent in a visitation from the Most High, don’t give your heart to them."
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