2 Samuel 23:6
“¶ But the sonnes of Belial shall bee all of them as thornes thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands,”
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2 Samuel 23:6 Context
4And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the Sunne riseth, euen a morning, without cloudes; as the tender grasse springing out of the earth by cleare shining after raine: 5Although my house be not so with God: yet he hath made with mee an euerlasting couenant, ordred in al things and sure: for this is all my saluation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. 6¶ But the sonnes of Belial shall bee all of them as thornes thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands, 7But the man that shal touch them, must be fenced with yron, and the staffe of a speare, and they shall bee vtterly burnt with fire in the same place. 8¶ These be the names of the mightie men whome Dauid had: The Tachmonite that sate in the seat, chiefe among the captaines, (the same was Adino the Eznite:) hee lift vp his speare against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
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Other Translations for 2 Samuel 23:6
But [the sons] of Belial [shall be] all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
- King James Version
"But the worthless, every one of them will be thrust away like thorns, Because they cannot be taken in hand;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;
- American Standard Version (1901)
But the evil-doers, all of them, will be like thorns to be pushed away, because they may not be gripped in the hand:
- Basic English Bible
But [the sons] of Belial [are] all of them as thorns thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with hands;
- Darby Bible
But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
- Webster's Bible
But all of the ungodly shall be as thorns to be thrust away, because they can't be taken with the hand,
- World English Bible
As to the worthless -- As a thorn driven away [are] all of them, For -- not by hand are they taken;
- Youngs Literal Bible
But the ungodly, they are as thorns thrust away, all of them, for they cannot be taken with the hand;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Samuel 23:6
23:6 But - Having in the foregoing verses described the nature, and stability of that kingdom which God had by a sure covenant settled upon him and his seed; and especially, upon the Messiah, who was to be one of his posterity; he now describes the nature and miserable condition, of all the enemies of this holy and blessed kingdom. As thorns - Which men do not use to handle, but thrust them away. And so will God thrust away from himself, and from his people, and kingdom, all those who shall either secretly or openly set themselves against it.