World English Bible
"so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man."
— Proverbs 6:11, World English 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. ”
“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.”
“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.”
provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;
who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;
in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.