Proverbs 6:11

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.

WEB

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity 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 want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.

GNV

Therefore thy pouertie commeth as one that trauaileth 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

Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveller, and want as a swift courier: but if thou be diligent, thine harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.

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WLC

וּבָֽא־כִמְהַלֵּ֥ךְ רֵאשֶׁ֑ךָ וּ֝מַחְסֹֽרְךָ֗ כְּאִ֣ישׁ מָגֵֽן׃

LXX-Br

Εἶτʼ ἐνπαραγίνεταί σοι ὥσπερ κακὸς ὁδοιπόρος ἡ πενία, καὶ ἡ ἔνδεια ὥσπερ ἀγαθὸς δρομεύς· ἐὰν δὲ ἄοκνος ᾖς, ἥξει ὥσπερ πηγὴ ὁ ἀμητός σου· ἡ δὲ ἔνδεια, ὥσπερ κακὸς δρομεὺς ἀπαυτομολήσει.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
• Proverbs 20:4The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
• Proverbs 10:4Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
• Proverbs 24:34and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

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