New Revised Standard Version
But the godless are all like thorns that are thrown away; for they cannot be picked up with the hand;

Contemporary English Version
But evil people are pulled up like thornbushes. They are not dug up by hand,

New American Bible
But the wicked are all like thorns to be cast away; they cannot be taken up by hand.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But transgressors shall all of them be plucked up as thorns: which are not taken away with hands.

But transgressors shall all of them be plucked up as thorns: which are not taken away with hands.

the sons

2 Samuel 20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Seba, the son of Bochri, a man of Jemini: and he sounded the trumpet, and said: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai: return to thy dwellings, O Israel.

Deuteronomy 13:13 Children of Belial are gone out of the midst of thee, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, and have said: Let us go, and serve strange gods which you know not:

1 Samuel 2:12 Now the sons of Heli were children of Belial, not knowing the Lord,

thorns

Genesis 3:18 Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth.

Songs 2:2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Isaiah 33:12 And the people shall be as ashes after a fire, as a bundle of thorns they shall be burnt with fire.

Ezekiel 2:6 And thou, O son of man, fear not, neither be thou afraid of their words: for thou art among unbelievers and destroyers, and thou dwellest with scorpions. Fear not their words, neither be thou dismayed at their looks: for they are a provoking house.