Proverbs 24:34

34 et veniet quasi cursor egestas tua et mendicitas quasi vir armatus

Proverbs 24:34 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 24:34

So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth
Swiftly and suddenly, both in a temporal and spiritual sense; (See Gill on Proverbs 6:11); and thy want as an armed man;
irresistibly. Here ends according to some the "second", according to others the "third" part of this book of Proverbs, another beginning with the following chapter.

Proverbs 24:34 In-Context

32 quod cum vidissem posui in corde meo et exemplo didici disciplinam
33 parum inquam dormies modicum dormitabis pauxillum manus conseres ut quiescas
34 et veniet quasi cursor egestas tua et mendicitas quasi vir armatus
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