Bible in Basic English
"Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man"
— Proverbs 6:11, Bible in Basic English
“So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.”
“So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man. ”
“so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.”
“and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.”
“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.”
“So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.”
She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.
How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;
Making signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers;
His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.