Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets.
New American Standard Bible
His hands were freed from the
King James Version
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
Holman Bible
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.
International Standard Version
I removed the burden from your shoulder; your hands were freed of the burdensome basket.
A Conservative Version
I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
American Standard Version
I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.
Amplified
“I removed the burden from his shoulder;
His hands were freed from the basket.
Darby Translation
I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
Julia Smith Translation
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands shall past by from the basket
King James 2000
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were freed from the basket.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"I removed his shoulder from a burden. His hands were freed from [the] basket.
Modern King James verseion
I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were delivered from the pots.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"I eased his shoulder from the burden, and his hands were delivered from making the pots.
NET Bible
It said: "I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket.
New Heart English Bible
"I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
The Emphasized Bible
I took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free.
Webster
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
World English Bible
"I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
Youngs Literal Translation
From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 81:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Obedience
5 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. 6 I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets. 7 You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)
Cross References
Isaiah 9:4
For by your hand the yoke on his neck and the rod on his back, even the rod of his cruel master, have been broken, as in the day of Midian.
Isaiah 10:27
And in that day the weight which he put on your back will be taken away, and his yoke broken from off your neck.
Exodus 1:14
And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.
Exodus 6:6
Say then to the children of Israel, I am Yahweh, and I will take you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians, and make you safe from their power, and will make you free by the strength of my arm after great punishments.
Psalm 68:13
Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;