Psalms 105:15

What does Psalms 105:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 105:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Saying, 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 · 1862

`Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he gave them their request: and sent fulness into their souls.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

[Saying,] Touch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.

Context

v.14He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

v.15This passage

v.16And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 26:11

    And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

  • 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 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.

  • Zechariah 2:8

    For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After glory hath he sent me unto the nations which plundered you; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

  • 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.

  • Genesis 20:7

    Now therefore restore the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

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