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


In Context

3 The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: 'When one rules over men in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God,

4 he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings the grass from the earth.'

5 "Is not my house right with God? Has he not made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part? Will he not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire?

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

7 Whoever touches thorns uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear; they are burned up where they lie."

8 These are the names of David's mighty men: Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was chief of the Three; he raised his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.

2nd Samuel 23:6 in Other Translations

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 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: