Proverbs 24:34
32 I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
- KJV
- So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
- WEB
- so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.
- ASV
- So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
- DARBY
- So shall thy poverty come [as] a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
- BLB
- and your poverty has come [as] one traveling, and your needs like a man of shield.
- ÅB
- så kommer armoden over deg som en landstryker, og nøden som en mann med skjold.
[^1]: og til deg
[^2]: Gud og kongen. - OTB
- og fattigdom vil komme over deg som en røver, og mangel som en væpnet mann.
- B1930
- så kommer armoden over dig som en landstryker, og nøden som en mann med skjold.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 10:4
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Read in contextProverbs 13:4
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Read in context