Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
New American Standard Bible
And your need like
King James Version
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Holman Bible
your need, like a bandit.
International Standard Version
and your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man.
A Conservative Version
so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
American Standard Version
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Amplified
So your poverty will come like an approaching prowler who walks [slowly, but surely]
And your need [will come] like an armed man [making you helpless].
Darby Translation
So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
Julia Smith Translation
And thy poverty came as he going, and thy want as a man of the shield.
King James 2000
So shall your poverty come upon you like a vagabond, and your want like an armed man.
Lexham Expanded Bible
like a {robber} shall your poverty come, and what you lack like an armed man.
Modern King James verseion
so shall your poverty come as one who travels, and your need like an armed man.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.
NET Bible
and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.
New Heart English Bible
so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
The Emphasized Bible
So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.
Webster
So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man.
World English Bible
so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
Youngs Literal Translation
And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
Themes
Early rising » Neglect of, leads to poverty
Poverty » Contributing causes of sinful » Indolence
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 6:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Against Sloth
10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: 11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man 12 A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;
Cross References
Proverbs 24:34
So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
Proverbs 10:4
He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
Proverbs 13:4
The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
Proverbs 20:4
The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.