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2 Samuel 23:7

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23:7The one who touches them

must use an iron instrument

or the wooden shaft of a spear.

They are completely burned up right where they lie!”6

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Footnotes

  1. 6 Heb “and with fire they are completely burned up in [the place where they] remain.” The infinitive absolute is used before the finite verb to emphasize that they are completely consumed by the fire.

In other versions

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.