Proverbs 6:11
9 How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
10 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.
12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
13 winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
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 scarcity 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 comes like one walking, and your need like a man of shield.
- ÅB
- Da kommer armoden over deg som en landstryker og nøden som en mann med skjold.
- OTB
- og fattigdom vil komme over deg som en omstreifer, og knapphet som en væpnet mann.
- B1930
- Da 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 13:4
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Read in contextProverbs 20:4
The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
Read in contextProverbs 10:4
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Read in contextProverbs 24:34
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Read in context