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Proverbs 6:11

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6:11and your poverty will come like a robber,21

and your need like an armed man.22

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  1. 21 Heb “like a wayfarer” or “like a traveler” (cf. ). The has “swiftness like a traveler.” It has also been interpreted as a “highwayman” (cf. ) or a “dangerous assailant.” W. McKane suggests “vagrant” (Proverbs [], 324); cf. “vagabond.” Someone traveling swiftly would likely be a robber.
  2. 22 The Hebrew word for “armed” is probably connected to the word for “shield” and “deliver” ( גָּנַן). G. R. Driver connects it to the Arabic word for “bold; insolent,” interpreting its use here as referring to a beggar or an insolent man (“Studies in the Vocabulary of the Old Testament, IV,” 33 [1933]: 38–47).

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and poverty will come upon you like a robber,

and want like an armed man.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and poverty will come on you like a thief

and scarcity like an armed man.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and your poverty will come like a robber,

your need, like a bandit.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;

scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

like a robber shall your poverty come,

and what you lack like an armed man.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,

And thy want as an armed man.

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