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Proverbs 24:34

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24:34and your poverty will come like a bandit,

and your need like an armed robber.”61

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Footnotes

  1. 61 Heb “a man of shield.” This could refer to an armed warrior (so ) but in this context, in collocation with the other word for “robber” in the previous line, it must refer to an armed criminal.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and poverty will come upon you like a robber,

and want like an armed man.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and poverty will come on you like a thief

and scarcity like an armed man.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and your poverty will come like a robber,

and your need, like a bandit.

NLTNew Living Translation

then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;

scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and your poverty will come running,

and your lack like an armed warrior.

KJV 1900King James Version

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth;

And thy want as an armed man.