Verse Comparison: Proverbs 6:11
American Standard Version
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Amplified® Bible
So will your poverty come like a robber {or} one who travels [with slowly but surely approaching steps] and your want like an armed man [making you helpless].
Contemporary English Version
Suddenly, everything is gone, as though it had been taken by an armed robber.
Darby English Version
So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
Good News Bible
But while he sleeps, poverty will attack him like an armed robber.
King James Version
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
New American Standard Bible
Your poverty will come in like a vagabond And your need like an armed man.
New International Version
and poverty will come on you like a bandit
and scarcity like an armed man.
New King James Version
So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Your poverty will come in like a vagabond And your need like an armed man.
Revised Standard Version
and poverty will come upon you like a vagabond, and want like an armed man.
Young's Literal Translation
And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
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