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.


In Context

2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

3 Blow the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

5 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.

6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Psalm 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

81:5He established it as a statute for Joseph when he went out against Egypt, where we heard a language we did not understand.

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 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.