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


In Context

3 The God of Israel said to me, the strong one of Israel spoke, the ruler of men, the just ruler in the fear of God.

4 As the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, shineth in the morning without clouds, and as the grass springeth out of the earth by rain.

5 Neither is my house so great with God, that he should make with me an eternal covenant, firm in all things and assured. For he is all my salvation, and all my will: neither is there ought thereof that springeth not up.

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

7 And if a man will touch them, he must be armed with iron and with the staff of a lance: but they shall be set on fire and burnt to nothing.

8 These are the names of the valiant men of David. Jesbaham sitting in the chair was the wisest chief among the three, he was like the most tender little worm of the wood, who killed eight hundred men at one onset.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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: