Proverbs 24:34
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 24:34 in other translations
| BSB | and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit. |
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| WEB | so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man. |
| ASV | So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man. |
| YLT | And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man! |
| DARBY | So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man. |
| BBE | So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man. |
| Webster | So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man. |
What does Proverbs 24:34 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 24:32-34
32-34. From the folly of the sluggard learn wisdom (Pr 6:10, 11).
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 24:30-34
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…
Proverbs 24:34 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 24:34
- Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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Context
- Proverbs 24:33
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
- Proverbs 24:34
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 24:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Así vendrá como caminante tu necesidad, y tu pobreza como hombre de escudo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et ta pauvreté viendra comme un voyageur, et ton dénuement comme un homme armé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und deine Armut kommt herangeschritten, und deine Not wie ein gewappneter Mann. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et veniet tibi quasi cursor egestas, et mendicitas quasi vir armatus. |