2 Samuel 23:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 23:7 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
- Psalms 21:10You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.
- Isaiah 27:4I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
- Matthew 3:10The 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 13:42And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Luke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
- Luke 19:27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
- John 15:6If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8And 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.
- Hebrews 6:8But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.
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