1 Chronicles 16:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² saying, “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² Saying, Touch not mine anointed, And do my prophets no harm.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Saying, Touch not My anointed, and do My prophets no harm. [Gen. 20:7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.

Common English Bible

²² “Don’t touch my anointed ones; don’t harm my prophets!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² 'Do not touch my Christ. And do not malign my prophets.'

1 Chronicles 16:22 Cross References

Genesis 20:7

Now then, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all that are yours.”

Psalm 105:15

saying, “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”

1 John 2:27

As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him.

1 Kings 19:16

Also you shall anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel, and you shall anoint Elisha son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah as prophet in your place.

1 Chronicles 16:23

Sing to the Lord, all the earth. Tell of his salvation from day to day.