6But the sons of Belial are all of them as thorns thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with hands;


In Context

3 The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler among men shall be just, Ruling in the fear of God;

4 And he shall be as the light or the morning, like the rising of the sun, A morning without clouds; When from the sunshine, after rain, The green grass springeth from the earth.

5 Although my house be not so before God, Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in every way and sure; For this is all my salvation, and every desire, Although he make it not to grow.

6 But the sons of Belial are all of them as thorns thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with hands;

7 And the man that will touch them provideth himself with iron and the staff of a spear; And they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.

8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Joseb-Bassebeth, Tachkemonite the chief of the captains: he was Adino the Eznite; he fought against eight hundred, slain by him at one time.

2 Samuel 23:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:6But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns, which are not gathered with the hand.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:6But [the sons] of Belial [shall be] all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:6But transgressors shall all of them be plucked up as thorns: which are not taken away with hands.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:6But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:6But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, for they cannot be taken with the hand:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6But all of the ungodly shall be as thorns to be thrust away, because they can't be taken with the hand,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6As to the worthless — As a thorn driven away are all of them, For — not by hand are they taken;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:6But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: