Psalm 55:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

2 Samuel 18:12

And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

2 Samuel 2:4

And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

2 Samuel 5:3

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.

2 Kings 17:34

Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

Psalm 109:5

And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

Psalm 6:10

All mine enemies shall be ashamed and sore vexed: They shall turn back, they shall be ashamed suddenly.

Psalm 7:4

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary:)

Psalm 89:28

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

Psalm 89:34

My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

Psalm 89:38

But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

Psalm 93:2

Thy throne is established of old: Thou art from everlasting.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

I counsel thee, Keep the king's command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

Jeremiah 5:3

O LORD, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Acts 12:1

Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church.

1 Samuel 22:17

And the king said unto the guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because 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.

1 Samuel 24:10

Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee today into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.