King James Version

Proverbs 24:34

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

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וּבָֽאuvaand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, a completed action in a sequenceH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…מִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְmithalekhewalkהָלַךְverb, hithpael, participle, absolute — “walk”, a verb used as a describing wordH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…רֵישֶׁ֑ךָreyshekhapovertyרֵישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “poverty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7389povertypoverty.וּ֝מַחְסֹרֶ֗יךָumachsoreykhaand lackמַחְסוֹרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and lack”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4270deficiency; hence, impoverishmentlack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.כְּאִ֣ישׁkeishas a certainאִישׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as a certain”, the ordinary formH376a 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, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…מָגֵֽןmagenbucklerמָגֵןnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “buckler”, the ordinary formH4043a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile[idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐὰν δὲ τοῦτο ποιῇς, ἥξει προπορευομένη ἡ πενία σου, καὶ ἡ ἔνδειά σου ὥσπερ ἀγαθὸς δρομεύς.