en_tn/2sa/23/06.md

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This concludes David's last words.

But the worthless will all be like thorns to be thrown away

Here the wicked person is compared to useless thorns. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "But the wicked person is worthless and dangerous like thorns we throw away" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive)

because they cannot be gathered by one's hands

"because no one can pick them up with his hands without the thorns hurting him"