1 Chronicles 16:22
What does 1 Chronicles 16:22 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 16:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Come not against Mine anointed ones, And against My prophets do not evil.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Touch not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890[Saying,] Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 49:8
Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father’s sons shall bow down before thee.
- Genesis 48:19
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
- Genesis 27:39
And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above;
- Psalms 105:15
Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.
- 1 Kings 19:16
and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
- 1 John 2:27
And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.
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