34and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.


In Context

31 thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.

32 I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:

33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest-

34 and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.

Proverbs 24:34 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:34And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:34So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:34So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:34So shall thy poverty come as a robber; and thy want as an armed man.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:34So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:34so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:34And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:34So shall your poverty come as one that travels; and your want as an armed man.