NET Bible
"and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man."
— Proverbs 6:11, NET Bible
“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 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.”
“Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man”
“So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.”
yet it would prepare its food in the summer; it gathered at the harvest what it will eat.
How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.
A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;
he winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, and points with his fingers;
he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.