2 Samuel 23:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ “But the worthless are all as thorns thrust away, For they are not taken with hands,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ But wicked, godless, and worthless lives are all like thorns to be thrust away, because they cannot be taken with the hand.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;

Common English Bible

⁶ But despicable people are like thorns, all of them good for nothing, because they can’t be carried by hand.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But all prevaricators shall be plucked out like thorns, yet they are not taken away by hands.

2 Samuel 23:6 Cross References

Genesis 3:18

and the ground shall bring forth thorns and thistles for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field.

2 Samuel 20:1

And there came to be a man of Beliyaʽ

Song of Solomon 2:2

Like a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.

Isaiah 27:4

“Wrath is not in Me. Who would set thornbushes and weeds against Me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

Isaiah 33:12

“And peoples shall be like the burnings of lime, like thorns cut up they are burned in the fire.

Ezekiel 2:6

“And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though thistles and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or discouraged by their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a prickly plant, the most straight is sharper than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchman and your punishment has come, now is their confusion.

Nahum 1:10

Though they are as entangled thorns, and as drunkards with their drink, they shall be consumed like stubble thoroughly dried.

Matthew 13:41

“The Son of Aḏ

Deuteronomy 13:13

‘Some men, sons of Beliyaʽ

1 Samuel 2:12

And the sons of Ě

1 Samuel 25:17

“And now, know and see what you should do, for evil has been resolved against our master, and against all his household, and he is too much of a son of Beliyaʽ