Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveller, and want as a swift courier: but if thou be diligent, thine harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.
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Proverbs 6:11
so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
Parallel Translations
Then poverty comes upon you as an evil traveller, and lack as a swift courier: but if you be diligent, your harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
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