And poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
NIV
So will your poverty come like a robber or one who travels [with slowly but surely approaching steps] and your want like an armed man [making you helpless]. [Prov. 10:4; 13:4; 20:4.]AMP
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
KJV
For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
NIV
For skillful and godly Wisdom is better than rubies or pearls, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. [Job 28:15; Ps. 19:10; 119:127.]AMP
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
KJV