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Source language

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quasi qui adprehendit umbram et persequitur ventum sic et qui adtendit ad visa mendacia

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
Like one who clutches at shadows or chases the wind is someone who pays heed to dreams.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
As one who catches at a shadow and pursues the wind, so is anyone who believes in dreams.
Good News Translation®   
A person who pays any attention at all to dreams is like someone who tries to catch shadows or chase the wind.
Wycliffe Bible   
As he that taketh [or catcheth (at)] a shadow, and pursueth wind, so and he that taketh heed to leasings seen, [or to the seen leasings], or in vain dreams.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
As one who catches at a shadow and pursues the wind, so is he who gives heed to dreams.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
As one who catches at a shadow and pursues the wind, so is anyone who pays attention to dreams.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
As one who catches at a shadow and pursues the wind, so is anyone who believes in dreams.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Those who pay attention to dreams are just like people who grasp at a shadow or pursue the wind.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Like one grasping at shadows or chasing the wind, so anyone who believes in dreams.
Revised Standard Version   
As one who catches at a shadow and pursues the wind, so is he who gives heed to dreams.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
As one who catches at a shadow and pursues the wind, so is anyone who believes in dreams.