Psalms 55:20

In 11 translations

BSB

My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

KJV

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

WEB

He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.

ASV

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

LSV

He has sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, || He has defiled his covenant.

YLT

He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.

DBY

He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.

DRC54:21

He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,

GNV

Hee layed his hande vpon such, as be at peace with him, and he brake his couenant.

JPS55:21

He hath put forth his hands against them that were at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.

LXXE54:21

He has reached forth his hand for retribution; they have profaned his covenant.

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Original-language editions

WLC55:21

שָׁלַ֣ח יָ֭דָיו בִּשְׁלֹמָ֗יו חִלֵּ֥ל בְּרִיתֽוֹ׃KJV:Ps.55.20

LXX-Br54:21

Οὐ γάρ ἐστιν αὐτοῖς ἀντάλλαγμα, καὶ οὐκ ἐφοβήθησαν τὸν Θεόν. Ἐξέτεινε τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ἀποδιδόναι· ἐβεβήλωσαν τὴν διαθήκην αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 89:34I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
• Acts 12:1About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
• Psalms 7:4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
• Psalms 109:5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
• Psalms 120:6–7Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace. I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
• Ecclesiastes 8:2Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
• 1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the…
• Psalms 89:38Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
• Ezekiel 17:16–19‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke. Pharaoh with his mighty army and vast horde will not…
• Psalms 89:28I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
• 1 Samuel 22:17Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a…
• 2 Samuel 5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
• 2 Samuel 18:12The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young…
• 2 Samuel 2:4Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
• 2 Samuel 15:10–12Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’” Two hundred men from Jerusalem accompanied Absalom. They had…
• 2 Samuel 14:32–33“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face,…

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