World English Bible
"But all of the ungodly shall be as thorns to be thrust away, because they can't be taken with the hand,"
— 2 Samuel 23:6, World English Bible
“But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:”
“But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand; ”
“But evil people are like thorns– all of them are tossed away, for they cannot be held in the hand.”
“But transgressors shall all of them be plucked up as thorns: which are not taken away with hands.”
“But the evil-doers, all of them, will be like thorns to be pushed away, because they may not be gripped in the hand:”
“But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:”
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, 'One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.'
Most certainly my house is not so with God, yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure, for it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire, although he doesn't make it grow.
But all of the ungodly shall be as thorns to be thrust away, because they can't be taken with the hand,
But the man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear. They shall be utterly burned with fire in their place."
These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.
After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away.