Proverbs 24:34

In 11 translations

BSB

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

KJV

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.an…: Heb. a man of shield

WEB

so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.

ASV

So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

LSV

And your poverty has come [as] a traveler, || And your want as an armed man!

YLT

And thy poverty hath come [as] a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

DBY

So shall thy poverty come [as] a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

DRC

And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.

GNV

So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

JPS

So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man.

LXXE

But if thou do this, thy poverty will come speedily; and thy want like a swift courier.

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WLC

וּבָֽא־מִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ רֵישֶׁ֑ךָ וּ֝מַחְסֹרֶ֗יךָ כְּאִ֣ישׁ מָגֵֽן׃

LXX-Br

Ἐὰν δὲ τοῦτο ποιῇς, ἥξει προπορευομένη ἡ πενία σου, καὶ ἡ ἔνδειά σου ὥσπερ ἀγαθὸς δρομεύς.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 10:4Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
• Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.

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