Proverbs 24:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 10:4 : 4 He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 6:10-11
2 verses
95%
10[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Prov 24:33
82%
33[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
Prov 22:16
75%
16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.
Prov 10:15
75%
15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Job 24:4-5
2 verses
74%
4They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
5Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness [yieldeth] them bread for their children.
Job 15:23-24
2 verses
73%
23He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Prov 20:13
73%
13Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Prov 19:15
72%
15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Job 24:14
72%
14The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
Prov 10:4
72%
4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Prov 28:22
72%
22he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
Prov 23:21
71%
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
Job 20:22
71%
22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
Eccl 5:14
71%
14and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Job 24:9-10
2 verses
71%
9There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
10[ So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.
Prov 13:23
71%
23Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.
Matt 24:43-44
2 verses
71%
43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.
44Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Prov 28:19
71%
19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.
Job 15:21
71%
21A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Job 18:12
70%
12His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.
Isa 17:14
70%
14At eventide, behold, terror; [and] before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that despoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Prov 28:3
70%
3A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is [like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Luke 21:35
70%
35for [so] {G3803} shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.
Prov 1:27
70%
27When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.
Jas 5:1-2
2 verses
70%
1Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
Prov 5:10
70%
10Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,
Mark 13:36
70%
36lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Deut 24:12
70%
12And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;
Job 5:5
70%
5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.
Prov 13:7
70%
7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
Hag 1:6
70%
6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.
Deut 28:29
70%
29and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.
Prov 24:10
70%
10If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.
Mic 6:14
70%
14Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt put away, but shalt not save; and that which thou savest will I give up to the sword.
Eccl 5:12
70%
12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Ezek 4:17
70%
17that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
Amos 8:4
70%
4Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Job 4:5
70%
5But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Prov 14:23
70%
23In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
Isa 14:30
70%
30And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.
Ezek 7:25
69%
25Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
Prov 24:31
69%
31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Job 22:10
69%
10Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,
Ps 37:14
69%
14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.