King James Version
Proverbs 6:11 in the King James Version says “So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.”
Proverbs 6:11 · KJV
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“as one that travelleth”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“man”
H376a 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)
“as an armed”
H4043a shield (i.e., the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
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