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Myles Coverdale Bible
Proverbs 6:11
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and your poverty will come like a robber,your need, like a bandit.
So your poverty will come as a robber, And your scarcity as an armed man.
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
So you will be as poor as if you had been robbed; you will have as little as if you had been held up.
and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.
So your poverty will come like an approaching prowler who walks [slowly, but surely] And your need [will come] like an armed man [making you helpless].
Then your poverty will come in like a drifter, And your need like an armed man.
So your poverty will come as a robber, And your scarcity as an armed man.
Therefore thy pouertie commeth as one that trauaileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.
Your poverty will come in like a vagabondAnd your want like an armed man.
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Suddenly, everything is gone, as though it had been taken by an armed robber.
and poverty comes marching in on you, scarcity hits you like an invading soldier.
So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
But then you sleep and sleep and become poorer and poorer. Soon you will have nothing. It will be as if a thief came and stole everything you owned.
And then poverty shall come upon you, and distress shall overtake you; become a successful man.
like a robber shall your poverty come, and what you lack like an armed man.
so shall your poverty come as one walking, and your need like an armed man.
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man.
So shall thy pouertie come as one that trauaileth, and thy want as an armed man.
So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie like a weaponed man.
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.
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
And nedynesse, as a weigoere, schal come to thee; and pouert, as an armed man. Forsothe if thou art not slow, thi ripe corn schal come as a welle; and nedynesse schal fle fer fro thee.
So shall your poverty come as a robber, And your want as an armed man.
So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man.
So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.
then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
and being poor will come upon you like a robber, and your need like a man ready to fight.
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior.
So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.
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.
and poverty will come upon you like a vagabond, and want like an armed man.
And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
Your poverty will come in like a vagabond And your need like an armed man.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 20:4
Reciprocal: Job 15:24 - as a king Job 17:3 - strike Proverbs 6:4 - General Proverbs 13:25 - the belly Ecclesiastes 4:5 - fool
Cross-References
So whan men beganne to multiplie vpon the earth, and had begot them doughters,
the children of God sawe the doughters of men, that they were fayre, and toke vnto the wyues soch as they liked.
And ye LORDE sayde vnto Noe: Go in to the Arcke thou & thy whole house: for the haue I sene righteous before me at this tyme.
and was a mightie hunter in the sight of the LORDE. Therof commeth the prouerbe: This is a mightie hunter before the LORDE like as Nemrod.
But ye men of Sodome were wicked, and synned exceadingly agaynst the LORDE.
Because thine hert is moued, and because thou hast humbled thy selfe in the sighte of God, whan thou herdest his wordes agaynst this place and the inhabiters therof, and hast submytted thy selfe before me, and rent thy clothes, and wepte before me, therfore haue I herde the, sayeth ye LORDE.
The LORDE seith both the rightuous and vngodly, but who so deliteth in wickednes, him his soule abhorreth.
This goeth daye and night aboute the walles, myschefe and vyce are in the myddest of it.
A man full of wordes shal not prospere vpon earth: a malicious & wicked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed.
Violence and robbery shal neuer be herde of in thy londe, nether harme and destruction with in thy borders. Thy walles shalbe called health, & thy gates the prayse of God
Gill's Notes on the Bible
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,.... Either swiftly and suddenly, as a traveller makes haste to get to his journey's end, and comes upon his family or friends at an unawares; or though he moves gradually, by slow paces and silent steps, yet surely: and so it signifies that poverty should come upon the sluggard very quickly, and before he was aware: and though it might come by degrees, yet it would certainly come;
and thy want as an armed man; or, "thy wants as a man of shield" u: denoting many wants that should come rushing in one upon another, like a man armed with shield and buckler; appearing with great terror and force, not to be resisted. It denotes the unavoidableness of being brought into penury and want by sloth, and the terribleness of such a condition. The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, add,
"but if thou art not slothful, thy harvest shall come as a fountain (as the inundation of a fountain, Arabic); but want shall flee as an evil racer (as an evil man, Arabic; far from thee, Vulgate Latin):''
but this is not in the Hebrew text.
u כאיש מנן "tanquam vir clypei", Montanus; "vir clypeatus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, &c.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The similitude is drawn from the two sources of Eastern terror: the “traveler,” i. e., “the thief in the night,” coming suddenly to plunder; the “armed man,” literally “the man of the shield,” the armed robber. The habit of indolence is more fatally destructive than these marauders.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 6:11. So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth — That is, with slow, but surely approaching steps.
Thy want as an armed man. — That is, with irresistible fury; and thou art not prepared to oppose it. The Vulgate, Septuagint, and Arabic add the following clause to this verse: -
"But if thou wilt be diligent, thy harvest shall be as a fountain; and poverty shall flee far away from thee."
It is also thus in the Old MS. Bible: If forsothe unslow thou shul ben; shul comen as a welle thi rip; and nede fer shal fleen fro thee.
