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David’s Psalms of Thanksgiving

1 Chronicles 16:22

In 11 translations

BSB
‘Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!’
KJV
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
WEB
“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”
ASV
Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.
LSV
Do not come against My anointed ones, || And do no evil against My prophets.
YLT
Come not against Mine anointed ones, And against My prophets do not evil.
DBY
[Saying,] Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.
DRC
Touch not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
GNV
Touch not mine anoynted, and doe my Prophets no harme.
JPS
'Touch not Mine anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.'
LXXE
saying, Touch not my anointed ones, and deal not wrongfully with my prophets.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אַֽל־תִּגְּעוּ֙ בִּמְשִׁיחָ֔י וּבִנְבִיאַ֖י אַל־תָּרֵֽעוּ׃
LXX-Br
Μὴ ἅψησθε τῶν χριστῶν μου, καὶ ἐν τοῖς πρόφήταις μου μὴ πονηρεύεσθε.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 20:7Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
  • Psalms 105:15“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
  • Genesis 49:8–10Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you. Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and…
  • 1 John 2:27And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been…
  • Genesis 48:19–20But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a…
  • 1 Kings 19:16You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
  • Genesis 27:39–40His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above. You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you…

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