2 Samuel 23:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

2 Samuel 23:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Samuel 23:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Samuel 23:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“But all the ungodly will be as thorns to be thrust away, because they can’t be taken with the hand.”

2 Samuel 23:6 — World English Bible

2 Samuel 23:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

2 Samuel 23:6 — American Standard Version

2 Samuel 23:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“As to the worthless--As a thorn driven away <FI>are<Fi> all of them, For--not by hand are they taken;”

2 Samuel 23:6 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Samuel 23:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

2 Samuel 23:6 — Darby Translation

2 Samuel 23:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But the wicked shalbe euery one as thornes thrust away, because they can not be taken with handes.”

2 Samuel 23:6 — Geneva Bible

2 Samuel 23:6 in Context — 2 Samuel 23

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 be 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 make 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 be 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 lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.

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What Does 2 Samuel 23:6 Mean?

2 Samuel 23:6 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 23. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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