Proverbs 6:11

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

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WEBBE

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity 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

Then 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 כִמְהַלֵּךְ khim·ha·lekh like a traveler H1980 רֵאשֶׁךָ re·she·kha poverty your H7389 וּמַחְסֹרְךָ u·mach·so·re·kha and lack your H4270 כְּאִישׁ ke·'ish like a man of H376 מָגֵן פ ma·gen shield H4043

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–11

Diligence in business is every man's wisdom and duty; not so much that he may attain worldly wealth, as that he may not be a burden to others, or a scandal to the church. The ants are more diligent than slothful men. We may learn wisdom from the meanest insects, and be shamed by them. Habits of indolence and indulgence grow upon people. Thus life runs to waste; and poverty, though at first at a distance, gradually draws near, like a traveller; and when it arrives, is like an armed man, too strong to be resisted. All this may be applied to the concerns of our souls. How many love their sleep of sin, and their dreams of worldly happiness! Shall we not seek to awaken such? Shall we not give diligence to secure our own salvation?

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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.