Psalm 55:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁰ My companion stretched out his hand against his friends, he violated his covenant.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: He hath broken his covenant.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ [My companion] has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has broken and profaned his agreement [of friendship and loyalty].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.

Common English Bible

²⁰ My friend attacked his allies, breaking his covenant.

Psalm 55:20 Cross References

Acts 12:1

About that time Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church.

Psalm 89:34

I will not violate my covenant, or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

Psalm 7:4

if I have requited my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,

Psalm 109:5

So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

Keep the king's command, and because of your sacred oath be not dismayed;

Psalm 89:38

But now thou hast cast off and rejected, thou art full of wrath against thy anointed.

Psalm 89:28

My steadfast love I will keep for him for ever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.

2 Samuel 18:12

But the man said to Joab, “Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake protect the young man Absalom.’

2 Samuel 5:3

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.

2 Samuel 2:4

And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,”

1 Samuel 24:10

Lo, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave; and some bade me kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the Lord's anointed.’

1 Samuel 22:17

And the king said to the guard who stood about him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

2 Kings 17:34

To this day they do according to the former manner. They do not fear the Lord, and they do not follow the statutes or the ordinances or the law or the commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel.

Psalm 6:10

All my enemies shall be ashamed and sorely troubled; they shall turn back, and be put to shame in a moment.

Psalm 93:2

thy throne is established from of old; thou art from everlasting.

Jeremiah 5:3

O Lord, do not thy eyes look for truth? Thou hast smitten them, but they felt no anguish; thou hast consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.