Verse Comparison: Proverbs 24:34
American Standard Version
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Amplified® Bible
So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
Contemporary English Version
Suddenly poverty hits you and everything is gone!
Darby English Version
So shall thy poverty come [as] a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
Good News Bible
but while you are asleep, poverty will attack you 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
Then your poverty will come {as} a robber And your want 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 like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then your poverty will come as a robber And your want like an armed man.
Revised Standard Version
and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
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!
