33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest(A)
34 and poverty will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.(B)

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33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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

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33 (A)A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest;
34 (B)So shall your poverty come like [a]a prowler,
And your need like [b]an armed man.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:34 Lit. one who walks about
  2. Proverbs 24:34 Lit. a man with a shield