New Living Translation
then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

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

Berean Study Bible
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.

English Revised Version
So shall thy poverty come as a robber; and thy want as an armed man.

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

World English Bible
so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

Young's Literal Translation
And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

Proverbs 24:34 Additional Translations ...