6But the sons of Belial shall be 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, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

5 Although my house is not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he maketh it not to grow.

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

7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.

8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lifted up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew 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 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 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: