11 and poverty will come on you like a thief

and scarcity like an armed man.

11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,

And thy want as an armed man.

11 then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;

scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

11 So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,

And your need like an armed man.

11 So you will be as poor as if you had been robbed;

you will have as little as if you had been held up.

11 So shall thy poverty come as a robber,

And thy want as an armed man.

11 So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

11 Then your poverty will come ⸤to you⸥ like a drifter, 

and your need will come ⸤to you⸥ like a bandit. 

11 and your poverty will come like a robber,

your need, like a bandit.

11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,

and want, like an armed warrior.

11 like a robber shall your poverty come,

and what you lack like an armed man.

11 Then you would be poor, as if someone had robbed you.

You would have little, as if someone had stolen from you.

11 Your poverty will come in like a vagabond

And your need like an armed man.