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Proverbs 6:11

WorkPoverty and the vulnerable

9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

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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.

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