11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.


In Context

8 Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.

9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

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

12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

13 That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;

Proverbs 6:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:11and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:11And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:11And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:11So shall your poverty come as one that travels, and your want as an armed man.