And your poverty shall come, a prowler, And your need like an armed man.
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; And thy want as an armed man.
So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
and poverty will come on you like a prowler, deprivation like a man with a shield.
And destitution will overtake you like a runner, and begging will overtake you like an armed man."
And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.
Poor is he who works with a lazy hand, But the hand of the hard worker makes rich.
The being of the lazy one craves, but has not; While the being of the hard workers are enriched.
Also, he who is slack in his work Is a brother of a master destroyer.
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest;
These too are proverbs of Shelomoh which the men of Ḥizqiyah sovereign of Yehuḏah copied:
He who tills his land is satisfied with bread, But he who pursues vanities is filled with poverty.
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to lie down;
And your poverty shall come like a prowler, And your need as an armed man.