Verse List for PSA 81:5

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OET (OET-RV) He issued it as a regulation in Yosef (Joseph, but referring to Yisrael) ⇔ when he went against Egypt, ⇔ where I heard a voice that I didn’t recognize:

OET-LV [fn] a _transcript in_Yōşēf/(Joseph) he_established _it in_his/its_coming _out on the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) a _language _of (of)_which_not I _knew I _heard.

ULT He set it as a testimony in Joseph ⇔  when he went out over the land of Egypt, ⇔  where I heard a lip I did not know.

UST God told our ancestors to observe these festivals ⇔  when he delivered them from slavery to the Egyptians, ⇔  a people whose language they did not understand.

BSB & MSB He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph[fn] ⇔  when he went out over the land of Egypt, ⇔  [where] I heard an unfamiliar language:

OEB a witness he set up in Joseph, ⇔  when he marched against Egypt’s land, ⇔  where he heard an unknown voice say:

WEBBE & WMBB 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.

NET He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph, ⇔ when he attacked the land of Egypt. ⇔ I heard a voice I did not recognize.

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.

FBV God made this statute for Joseph when he opposed the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I didn't know, saying:[fn]

T4T He commanded us Israeli people to obey it when he punished the people of Egypt. ⇔ I heard someone [MTY] whose voice I did not recognize, saying,

LEB • He made it a statute[fn] in Joseph
• when he went out against the land of Egypt,
• where I heard a language I did not know.[fn]

BBE He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears.

Moff he made it a law in Joseph, ⇔  on leaving Egypt’s land. ⇔ I heard one whom I knew not, saying:

JPS (81-6) 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:

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.

DRA They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.

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.

Drby 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.

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

SLT He set him a testimony in Joseph in his going forth upon the land of Egypt: I shall hear a lip I knew not.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]This he ordained in Ioseph for a testimonie, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language, that I vnderstood not.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps This he ordayned in Ioseph for a testimonie, when he came out of the lande of Egypt: where I hearde a tongue whiche I knewe not.
(This he ordained in Yoseph for a testimony, when he came out of the land of Egypt: where I heard a tongue which I knew not.)

Gnva 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.
(He set this in Yoseph for a testimony, when he came out of the land of Egypt, where I heard a language, that I understood not.)

Cvdl This he ordened in Ioseph for a testimony, when he came out of Egipte, & had herde a strauge laguage.
(This he ordained in Yoseph for a testimony, when he came out of Egypt, and had herd/heard a strange language.)

Wycl Thei knewen not, nether vndirstoden, thei goen in derknessis; alle the foundementis of erthe schulen be moued.
(They knew not, neither understoden, they going in darkness; all the foundations of earth should be moved.)

Luth Denn solches ist eine Weise in Israel und ein Recht des Gottes Jakobs.
(Because such is a/one way/manner in Israel and a law/right the God’s Yakob’s.)

ClVg Nescierunt, neque intellexerunt; in tenebris ambulant: movebuntur omnia fundamenta terræ.[fn]
(They_did_not_know, nor they_understood; in/into/on darkness they_walk: they_will_move everything foundations of_the_earth/land(pl).)

UHB 6 עֵ֤דוּת ׀ בִּֽ⁠יה֘וֹסֵ֤ף שָׂמ֗⁠וֹ בְּ֭⁠צֵאת⁠וֹ עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם שְׂפַ֖ת לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ ‡

BrLXX Οὐκ ἔγνωσαν οὐδὲ συνῆκαν, ἐν σκότει διαπορεύονται· σαλευθήσονται πάντα τὰ θεμελια τῆς γῆς.

BrTr They know not, nor understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.