2 Samuel 23:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.

Young's Literal Translation
As to the worthless—As a thorn driven away [are] all of them, For—not by hand are they taken;

King James Bible
But [the sons] of Belial [shall be] all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:

Hebrew
But the worthless
וּבְלִיַּ֕עַל (ū·ḇə·lî·ya·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1100: Without profit, worthlessness, destruction, wickedness

are all
כֻּלָּ֑הַם (kul·lā·ham)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

like thorns
כְּק֥וֹץ (kə·qō·wṣ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6975: A thorn, thornbush

raked aside,
מֻנָ֖ד (mu·nāḏ)
Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5074: To wave to and fro, to rove, flee, to drive away

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they can never
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be gathered
יִקָּֽחוּ׃ (yiq·qā·ḥū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3947: To take

by hand.
בְיָ֖ד (ḇə·yāḏ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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