Proverbs 24:34

Proverbs 24:34 

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

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

b. YLT: And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

c. Classic Amplified: So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

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

e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/ Writings: Then, your poverty will come like a traveler, and your lacking like an armed man.

1. “So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth…”

a. [So shall thy] poverty [Strong: 7389 rêysh, raysh; or רֵאשׁ rêʼsh; or רִישׁ rîysh; from H7326; poverty:—poverty.

b. come [Strong: 935 bôwʼ, bo; a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications):—abide, apply, attain, × be, befall, besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, × certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, × doubtless again, eat, employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, have, × indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, × (well) stricken (in age), × surely, take (in), way.]

c. [as one that [travelleth [Strong: 1980 hâlak, haw-lak'; akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively):—(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, be eased, enter, exercise (self), follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, × more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), send, speedily, spread, still, surely, tale-bearer, travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, × be weak, whirl.]

2. “...and thy want as an armed man.”

a. [and thy] want [Strong: 4270 machçôwr, makh-sore'; or מַחְסֹר machçôr; from H2637; deficiency; hence, impoverishment:—lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.]

b. [as an] armed [Strong: 4043 mâgên, maw-gane'; also (in plural) feminine מְגִנָּה mᵉginnâh; from H1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile:—× armed, buckler, defence, ruler, scale, shield.]

c. man [Strong: 376 ʼîysh, eesh; contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy.] 

1). This same passage in found earlier in Proverbs.

a). Proverbs 6:10, 11 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

6:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.