5He established it as a statute for Joseph when he went out against Egypt, where we heard a language we did not understand.


In Context

2 Begin the music, strike the tambourine, play the melodious harp and lyre.

3 Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast;

4 this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5 He established it as a statute for Joseph when he went out against Egypt, where we heard a language we did not understand.

6 He says, "I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.

7 In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Psalms 81:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

81:5This 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

81:5He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

81:5He 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

81:5He 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

81:5He appointed it in Joseph for testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I knew not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

81:5This 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

81:5He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn't know.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

81:5A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known — I hear.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

81:5This 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.