Proverbs 24:34
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And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.

thy property

Proverbs 10:4 He that gathereth in the harvest, is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.

Proverbs 13:4 The sluggard willeth, and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.

armed man or a man of shield

Context
Further Sayings of the Wise
33Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest. 34And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:11
A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth,

Proverbs 24:33
Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.

Proverbs 25:1
These are also parables of Solomon, which the men of Ezechias, king of Juda, copied out.

Lexicon
and poverty
רֵישֶׁ֑ךָ (rê·še·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7389: Poverty

will come [upon you]
וּבָֽא־ (ū·ḇā-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

like a robber,
מִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ (miṯ·hal·lêḵ)
Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

and need
וּ֝מַחְסֹרֶ֗יךָ (ū·maḥ·sō·re·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4270: A need, thing needed, poverty

like a bandit.
כְּאִ֣ישׁ (kə·’îš)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person


Additional Translations
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.So shall your poverty come as one that travels; and your want as an armed man.

So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

But if thou do this, thy poverty will come speedily; and thy want like a swift courier.

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

So shall thy poverty come as a robber; and thy want as an armed man.

So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
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