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:In other versions
But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;
ASV
But the evil-doers, all of them, will be like thorns to be pushed away, because they may not be gripped in the hand:
BBE
But [the sons] of Belial [are] all of them as thorns thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with hands;
DBY
But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they can't be taken with the hand
WEB
As to the worthless -- As a thorn driven away `are' all of them, For -- not by hand are they taken;
YLT
But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
ENG
But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
WBT
But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.
BSB
In context
4And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
5Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
6But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
7But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
8These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.