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2 Samuel 23:7

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Better not try to touch them;

keep your distance with a rake or hoe.

They’ll make a glorious bonfire!

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

but the man who touches them

arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear,

and they are utterly consumed with fire.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whoever touches thorns

uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear;

they are burned up where they lie.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The man who touches them

must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear.

They will be completely burned up on the spot.

NLTNew Living Translation

One must use iron tools to chop them down;

they will be totally consumed by fire.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And if a man wants to touch them, he must use an iron instrument or the shaft of a spear; then they are consumed entirely with fire on the spot.”

KJV 1900King 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.