Proverbs 24:34 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

³⁴ so shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; And thy want as an armed man.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

Common English Bible

³⁴ and poverty will come on you like a prowler, deprivation like a man with a shield.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ And destitution will overtake you like a runner, and begging will overtake you like an armed man."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁴ And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.

Proverbs 24:34 Cross References

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.

Proverbs 18:9

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

Proverbs 24:33

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Proverbs 25:1

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezeki´ah king of Judah copied out.

Proverbs 28:19

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

Proverbs 6:10

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Proverbs 6:11

so shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man.