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1 Chronicles 16:22

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

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אַֽלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּגְּעוּ֙tigvreachנָגַעverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “reach”, a wish or indirect commandH5060properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.בִּמְשִׁיחָ֔יbimshichayin Messiahמָשִׁיחַpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in Messiah”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4899anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiahanointed, Messiah.וּבִנְבִיאַ֖יuvinviayand in prophetנָבִיאconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and in prophet”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5030a prophet or (generally) inspired manprophecy, that prophesy, prophet.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תָּרֵֽעוּtarevbe worseרָעַעverb, hiphil, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “be worse”, a wish or indirect commandH7489properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), break (down, in pieces), [phrase] displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) il…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Touch not Mine anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Come not against Mine anointed ones, And against My prophets do not evil.

World English Bible

“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!”

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Touch not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Touch not Mine anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

saying, Touch not my anointed ones, and deal not wrongfully with my prophets.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ ἅψησθε τῶν χριστῶν μου, καὶ ἐν τοῖς πρόφήταις μου μὴ πονηρεύεσθε.