2 Samuel 23:7 “The man who touches them must be armed with iron or with the shaft of…”

2 Samuel 23:7

The 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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But 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.

World English Bible

The man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear. They will be utterly burned with fire in their place.”

American Standard Version

But 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

But the man that shall touch them, must be defensed with yron, or with the shaft of a speare: and they shall be burnt with fire in the same place.

Darby Translation

And the man that will touch them provideth himself with iron and the staff of a spear; And they shall be utterly burned with fire in [their] place.

Young's Literal Translation

And the man who cometh against them Is filled with iron and the staff of a spear, And with fire they are utterly burnt In the cessation.'

Bible in Basic English

But anyone touching them has to be armed with iron and the rod of a spear; and they will be burned with fire, every one of them.

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Cross references

“and they shall”

Hebrews 6:8 2 Thessalonians 2:8 2 Samuel 22:8–10 Isaiah 27:4 Matthew 3:10–12 Matthew 13:42

Hebrews 6:8 · BSB

But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

2 Thessalonians 2:8 · BSB

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

2 Samuel 22:8–10 · BSB

Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

Isaiah 27:4 · BSB

I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.

Matthew 3:10–12 · BSB

The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 13:42 · BSB

And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.

8These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.

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