Psalms 81:5

In 11 translations

BSB

He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:Or in Joseph

KJV

This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.through: or, against

WEB

He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know.

ASV

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language that I knew not.

LSV

He has placed it—a testimony on Joseph, || In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known—I hear.

YLT

A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known — I hear.

DBY

He ordained it in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went forth over the land of Egypt, [where] I heard a language that I knew not.

DRC80:6

He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.

GNV

Hee set this in Ioseph for a testimonie, when hee came out of the land of Egypt, where I heard a language, that I vnderstoode not.

JPS81:6

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when He went forth against the land of Egypt. The speech of one that I knew not did I hear:

LXXE80:6

He made it to be a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Egypt: he heard a language which he understood not.Gr. him, sc. Israel.

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WLC81:6

עֵ֤דוּת ׀ בִּֽיה֘וֹסֵ֤ף שָׂמ֗וֹ בְּ֭צֵאתוֹ עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם שְׂפַ֖ת לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֶשְׁמָֽע׃KJV:Ps.81.5

LXX-Br80:6

Μαρτύριον ἐν τῷ Ἰωσὴφ ἔθετο αὐτὸν, ἐν τῷ ἐξελθεῖν αὐτὸν ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου· γλῶσσαν ἣν οὐκ ἔγνω, ἤκουσεν.

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• Psalms 114:1When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
• Deuteronomy 28:49The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
• Jeremiah 5:15Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
• 1 Corinthians 14:21–22It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.” Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers.…
• Psalms 77:15With power You redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
• Exodus 11:4So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,
• Isaiah 28:11Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people
• Exodus 13:8–9And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD…
• Exodus 12:12On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
• Exodus 12:27you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
• Amos 6:6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
• Deuteronomy 4:45These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
• Exodus 12:29Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among…
• Ezekiel 20:20Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’
• Psalms 78:6that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children
• Exodus 13:14–16In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go,…

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