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Sing for Joy to God Our Strength

Psalms 81:6

In 11 translations

BSB
“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
KJV
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.were…: Heb. passed away
WEB
“I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
ASV
I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.
LSV
I turned aside his shoulder from the burden, || His hands pass over from the basket.
YLT
From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.
DBY
I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
DRC80:7
He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets.
GNV
I haue withdrawen his shoulder from the burden, and his handes haue left the pots.
JPS81:7
'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.
LXXE80:7
He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets.

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Original-language editions

WLC81:7
הֲסִיר֣וֹתִי מִסֵּ֣בֶל שִׁכְמ֑וֹ כַּ֝פָּ֗יו מִדּ֥וּד תַּעֲבֹֽרְנָה׃KJV:Ps.81.6
LXX-Br80:7
Ἀπέστησεν ἀπὸ ἄρσεων τὸν νῶτον αὐτοῦ· αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ κοφίνῳ ἐδούλευσαν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 9:4For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
  • Isaiah 10:27On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.
  • Exodus 6:6Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of…
  • Matthew 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  • Exodus 1:14and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
  • Psalms 68:13Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 81:7 in some Bibles
  • 81:6 in most Bibles

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