2 Samuel 23:6

David’s Last Song

5Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire? 6But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand. 7The man who touches them must be armed with iron or with the shaft of a spear. The fire burns them to ashes in the place where they lie.”

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Berean Standard Bible
But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.
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;
Bible in Basic English
But the evil-doers, all of them, will be like thorns to be pushed away, because they may not be gripped in the hand:
Douay-Rheims 1899
But transgressors shall all of them be plucked up as thorns: which are not taken away with hands.
Free Bible Version
But evil people are like thorns to be thrown aside; they can't be held in the hand.
Geneva Bible 1599
But the wicked shalbe euery one as thornes thrust away, because they can not be taken with handes.
King James (Authorized) Version
¶ But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
Translation for Translators
But he will get rid of godless/evil people like [SIM] people throw away thorns that injure people if they try to pick them up with their hands.
Unlocked Literal Bible
But the worthless will all be like thorns to be thrown away, because they cannot be gathered by one's hands.
Noah Webster Bible
But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
World English Bible
But all the ungodly will be as thorns to be thrust away, because they can’t be taken with the hand.
Young's Literal Translation
As to the worthless — As a thorn driven away [are] all of them, For — not by hand are they taken;