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Proverbs 24:34

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

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

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

  • KJV King James Version

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

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man.

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to Proverbs 24:34 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Proverbs 10:4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
  • Proverbs 13:4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

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Explain this verse (4 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 24:34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one…

Pro 24:34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

Ver. 34. So shall thy poverty come.] Swiftly and irresistibly. Seneca calls sloth the nurse of beggary - the mother of misery.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 34. one that travelleth] Rather, a robber. See Pro_6:11,…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (34) As one that travelleth.—See above on Pro_6:11.
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain v. 34. so shall thy poverty come as one…

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