Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
This He ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when He went out over the land of Egypt; I heard a language I understood not.
New American Standard Bible
When he
I heard a
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
when He went throughout
International Standard Version
a decree that he prescribed for Joseph when he went throughout the land of Egypt, speaking a language I did not recognize.
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
He established it for a testimony in
When He went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard the language [of One whom] I did not know, saying,
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
He set him a testimony in Joseph in his going forth upon the land of Egypt: I shall hear a lip I knew not
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He made it a statute in Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, [where] I heard a language I did not know.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he came out of Egypt, and had heard a strange language.
NET Bible
He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph, when he attacked the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I did not recognize.
New Heart English Bible
He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I did not know.
The Emphasized Bible
A testimony in Joseph, he appointed it, When he went forth over the land of Egypt: A language I liked not, used I to hear;
Webster
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.
World English Bible
He 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.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 81:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Obedience
4 For this was a Precept for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5 This He ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when He went out over the land of Egypt; I heard a language I understood not. 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were delivered from the pots.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 114:1
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
Deuteronomy 28:49
Jehovah shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose tongue you shall not understand,
Jeremiah 5:15
Lo, I will bring a nation on you from afar, O house of Israel, says Jehovah. It is an enduring nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor understand what they say.
Exodus 11:4
And Moses said, Thus says Jehovah: About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt.
Psalm 77:15
You have with Your arm redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
Exodus 12:12
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt. I am Jehovah.
Exodus 12:27
Then you shall say, It is the sacrifice of Jehovah's passover, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our houses. And the people bowed and worshiped.
Exodus 12:29
And it happened at midnight Jehovah struck all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne to the first-born of the captive that was in the prison; also all the first-born of cattle.
Exodus 13:8-9
And you shall tell your son in that day, saying, This is because of what Jehovah did for me when I came out from Egypt.
Exodus 13:14-16
And it shall be when your sons asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? you shall say to him, Jehovah brought us out of Egypt by the strength of His hand, from the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy 4:45
These are the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel after they came forth out of Egypt,
Psalm 78:6
so that the generation to come might know; sons shall be born, and they shall arise and tell their sons,
Psalm 80:1-2
To the Chief Musician. A Testimony Concerning the Lilies. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You dwelling between the cherubs, shine forth.
Isaiah 28:11
for with stammering lips and another tongue He will speak to this people.
Ezekiel 20:20
and keep My sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am Jehovah your God.
Amos 6:6
who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best of oils; nor do they grieve for the breaking of Joseph!
1 Corinthians 14:21-22
In the Law it is written, "By other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people, and even so they will not hear Me, says the Lord."