Proverbs 24:34 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior.

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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.