Proverbs 24:34

24:34 and your poverty will come like a bandit,

and your need like an armed robber.” ¹ 

[24:34]  ¹ tn Heb “a man of shield.” This could refer to an armed warrior (so NRSV) but in this context, in collocation with the other word for “robber” in the previous line, it must refer to an armed criminal.