2 Samuel 23:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Samuel 23:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 23:7 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 23:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear. They will be utterly burned with fire in their place.””
2 Samuel 23:7 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 23:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But the man that toucheth them Must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear: And they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.”
2 Samuel 23:7 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 23:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the man who cometh against them Is filled with iron and the staff of a spear, And with fire they are utterly burnt In the cessation.'”
2 Samuel 23:7 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 23:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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.”
2 Samuel 23:7 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 23:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But the man that shall touch them, must be defensed with yron, or with the shaft of a speare: and they shall be burnt with fire in the same place.”
2 Samuel 23:7 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 23:7 in Context — 2 Samuel 23
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.
9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
What Does 2 Samuel 23:7 Mean?
2 Samuel 23:7 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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