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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 shal pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by the waye, & necessite like a wapened 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.
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
Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
Luke 17:26,27">[xr] Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD."
But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the LORD.
because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you," says the LORD.
The LORD tests the righteous, But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him."
Violence shall no longer be heard in your land, Neither wasting nor destruction within your borders; But you shall call your walls Salvation, And your gates Praise.
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.
