Proverbs 24:34

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

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WEBBE

so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.

BSB

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

KJV

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

ASV

So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

BBE

So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

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וּבָא־ u·va'- and it will come H935 מִתְהַלֵּךְ mit·ha·lekh going about H1980 רֵישֶׁךָ rei·she·kha poverty your H7389 וּמַחְסֹרֶיךָ u·mach·so·rei·kha and poverti(es) your H4270 כְּאִישׁ ke·'ish like a man of H376 מָגֵן פ ma·gen shield H4043

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 30–34

See what a blessing the husbandman's calling is, and what a wilderness this earth would be without it. See what great difference there is in the management even of worldly affairs. Sloth and self-indulgence are the bane of all good. When we see fields overgrown with thorns and thistles, and the fences broken down, we see an emblem of the far more deplorable state of many souls. Every vile affection grows in men's hearts; yet they compose themselves to sleep. Let us show wisdom by doubling our diligence in every good thing.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.