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Proverbs 6:11
11But while you sleep you will suddenly become poor. You will have nothing, as if someone has robbed you.
Proverbs 6:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
- New International Version (NIV)and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.
Context of Proverbs 6:11
9But you, you lazy man, you lie in bed too long! Will you never get up to work? 10You say, ‘I will have a short sleep. I will rest quietly for a while.’ But while you sleep you will suddenly become poor. You will have nothing, as if someone has robbed you. 12A useless, wicked person is always deceiving people. 13He sends secret messages with his eyes, his feet or his fingers.
Read all of Proverbs 6Proverbs 6:11 word by word
וּבָֽא־כִמְהַלֵּ֥ךְ רֵאשֶׁ֑ךָ וּ֝מַחְסֹֽרְךָ֗ כְּאִ֣ישׁ מָגֵֽן׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 6:11
- Proverbs 10:4If a man is lazy, he will soon be poor. But if he works hard, he will become rich.
- Proverbs 13:4A lazy person always wants to have more, but he will not get it. If a person works hard, he will have more than he needs.
- Proverbs 20:4A lazy farmer does not plough his fields in winter. As a result, he has nothing to eat when harvest time arrives.
Commentaries on Proverbs 6:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth - That is, with slow, but surely approaching steps. Thy want as an armed man - That is, with irresistible fury; and thou art not prepared to oppose it. The Vulgate, Septuagint, and Arabic add the following clause to this verse: - "But if thou wilt be diligent, thy harvest shall be as a fountain; and poverty shall flee far away from thee." It is also thus in the Old MS. Bible: If forsothe unslow thou shul…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11The similitude is drawn from the two sources of Eastern terror: the “traveler,” i. e., “the thief in the night,” coming suddenly to plunder; the “armed man,” literally “the man of the shield,” the armed robber. The habit of indolence is more fatally destructive than these marauders.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Diligence in business is every man's wisdom and duty; not so much that he may attain worldly wealth, as that he may not be a burden to others, or a scandal to the church. The ants are more diligent than slothful men. We may learn wisdom from the meanest insects, and be shamed by them. Habits of indolence and indulgence grow upon people. Thus life runs to waste; and poverty, though at first at a distance, gradually draws near, like a traveller…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11Laziness leads to poverty. It will arrive quickly and harshly, like when a robber or bandit attacks and steals. See parallel passage Proverbs 24:33–34.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. and the fruits of their self-indulgence and indolence presented. as ... travelleth--literally, "one who walks backwards and forwards," that is, a highwayman. armed man--that is, one prepared to destroy.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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