2 Samuel 23:7
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.
2 Samuel 23:7 in other translations
| BSB | 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.” |
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| WEB | 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.” |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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.' |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does 2 Samuel 23:7 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:1-7
These words of David are very worthy of regard. Let those who have had long experience of God's goodness, and the pleasantness of heavenly wisdom, when they come to finish their course, bear their testimony to the truth of the promise. David avows his Divine inspiration, that the Spirit of God spake by him. He, and other holy men, spake and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. In many things he had his own…
2 Samuel 23:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 23:7
- Hebrews 6:8
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
- 2 Samuel 22:8-10
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
- Luke 19:27
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
- Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
- Matthew 3:10-12
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Isaiah 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.
- John 15:6
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
- Matthew 13:42
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
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Context
- 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:
- 2 Samuel 23:7
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.
- 2 Samuel 23:8
These 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.
2 Samuel 23:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sino que el que quiere tocar en ellas, ármase de hierro y de asta de lanza, y son quemadas en su lugar. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’homme qui les touche se munit d’un fer ou d’un bois de lance; et ils seront entièrement brûlés par le feu sur le lieu même. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Mann, der sie anrührt, versieht sich mit Eisen und Speeresschaft; und mit Feuer werden sie gänzlich verbrannt an ihrer Stätte. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et si quis tangere voluerit eas, armabitur ferro et ligno lanceato, igneque succensæ comburentur usque ad nihilum. |