Proverbs 24:33-34

Good News Translation

³³^(A)Go ahead and take your nap; go ahead and sleep. Fold your hands and rest awhile, ³⁴but while you are asleep, poverty will attack you like an armed robber.

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Proverbs 24:33-34

New International Version

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

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Proverbs 24:33-34

King James Version

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

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

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