2 Samuel 23:6

But the ungodly, they are as thorns thrust away, all of them, for they cannot be taken with the hand;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5For is not my house established with God? for an everlasting covenant He hath made with me, ordered in all things, and sure; for all my salvation, and all my desire, will he not make it to grow?

7But 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.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not the LORD.

2 Samuel 20:1Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the horn, and said: 'We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel.'

Isaiah 33:12And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime; as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.

Micah 7:4The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge; the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 23:2-8

David's Last Words. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake 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… Read the whole commentary →

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