2 Samuel 23:6
But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
KJV
Prævaricatores autem quasi spinæ evellentur universi, quæ non tolluntur manibus.
Vulgate
ὥσπερ ἄκανθα ἐξωσμένη πάντες οὗτοι, ὅτι οὐ χειρὶ λημφθήσονται·
LXX
But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;
ASV
וּ/בְלִיַּ֕עַל כְּ/ק֥וֹץ מֻנָ֖ד כֻּלָּ֑/הַם כִּֽי לֹ֥א בְ/יָ֖ד יִקָּֽחוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בְּ֭לִיַּעַל
bly'l
noun · 27×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נָדְדָ֖ה
nddh
verb · 28×
ק֥וֹץ
qvts
noun · 12×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 2:12 — Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
- 2Sam 20:1 — And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son
- Deut 13:13 — Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
- Deut 13:13 — Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
- Ezek 2:6 — And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed
- Ezek 2:6 — And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed
- Gen 3:18 — Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
- Isa 27:4 — Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
- Isa 33:12 — And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
- Isa 33:12 — And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
- Mic 7:4 — The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
- Nah 1:10 — For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
- Ps 118:12 — They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
- Song 2:2 — As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.