2 Samuel 23:7
What does 2 Samuel 23:7 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 23:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And 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.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And if a man will touch them, he must be armed with iron and with the staff of a lance: but they shall be set on fire and burnt to nothing.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.
Context
v.6But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;
v.7This passage
v.8These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;
- 2 Samuel 22:8
Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
- Matthew 3:10
And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Hebrews 6:8
but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.
- Luke 19:27
But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
- Isaiah 27:4
Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.
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