Psalms 81:5New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— He established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know:
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— 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.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— 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;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 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.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— 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.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— 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.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony when he went out to the land of Egypt, where he heard a language that he understood not.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— He made it [to be] a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Mizraim{gr.Egypt}: he heard a language which he understood not.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— This he ordained in Yosef [for] a testimony, when he went out through the land of Mitzrayim: [where] I heard a language [that] I understood not. |
This he ordained
7760 {7760} Primeשׂוּםsuwm{soom}
A primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literally, figuratively, inferentially and elliptically).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
in
Yôsëf
יוֹסֵף
3084 {3084} PrimeיוֹסֵףY@howceph{yeh-ho-safe'}
A fuller form of H3130; Jehoseph (that is, Joseph), a son of Jacob.
[ for] a testimony,
5715 {5715} Primeעֵדוּת`eduwth{ay-dooth'}
Feminine of H5707; testimony.
when he went out
3318 {3318} Primeיָצָאyatsa'{yaw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; to go (causatively bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proximate.
z8800 <8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 4888
through
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
the land
776 {0776} Primeאֶרֶץ'erets{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
of
Mixrayim
מִצרַיִם:
4714 {4714} PrimeמִצְרַיִםMitsrayim{mits-rah'-yim}
Dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, that is, Upper and Lower Egypt.
[ where] I heard
8085 {8085} Primeשָׁמַעshama`{shaw-mah'}
A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively to tell, etc.).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
a language
8193 {8193} Primeשָׂפָהsaphah{saw-faw'}
(The second form is in dual and plural); Probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication language; by analogy a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.).
[ that] I understood
3045 {3045} Primeידעyada`{yaw-dah'}
A primitive root; to know (properly to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively instruction, designation, punishment, etc.).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
not.
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles. |
Psalms 81:5
_ _ a testimony — The feasts, especially the Passover, attested God’s relation to His people.
_ _ Joseph — for Israel (Psalms 80:1).
_ _ went out through — or, “over,” that is, Israel in the exodus.
_ _ I heard — change of person. The writer speaks for the nation.
_ _ language — literally, “lip” (Psalms 14:1). An aggravation or element of their distress that their oppressors were foreigners (Deuteronomy 28:49). |
Psalms 81:5
Joseph — Among the people of Israel. Testimony — For a witness of that glorious deliverance. He — God. Went — As a captain at the head of his people. Egypt — To execute his judgments upon that land. I — My progenitors, for all the successive generations of Israel make one body, and are sometimes spoken of as one person. A language — The Egyptian language, which at first was unknown to the Israelites, Genesis 42:13, and probably continued so for some considerable time, because they were much separated both in place and conversation from the Egyptians. |
Psalms 81:5
This he ordained in (d) Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: [where] I heard a language [that] (e) I understood not.
(d) That is, in Israel for Joseph's family was counted the chief while before, Judah was preferred.
(e) God speaks in the person of the people because he was their leader. |
- in Joseph:
Psalms 77:15 Thou hast with [thine] arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
Psalms 80:1-2 [[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph.]] Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth. ... Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come [and] save us.
Amos 6:6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
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- for a:
Psalms 78:6 That the generation to come might know [them, even] the children [which] should be born; [who] should arise and declare [them] to their children:
Exodus 13:8-9 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, [This is done] because of that [which] the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. ... And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
Exodus 13:14-16 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What [is] this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: ... And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 4:45 These [are] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
Ezekiel 20:20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I [am] the LORD your God.
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- through:
- or, against,
Exodus 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I [am] the LORD.
Exodus 12:27 That ye shall say, It [is] the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
Exodus 12:29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that [was] in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
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- where:
Psalms 114:1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
Deuteronomy 28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
Isaiah 28:11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
Jeremiah 5:15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it [is] a mighty nation, it [is] an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
1 Corinthians 14:21-22 In the law it is written, With [men of] other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. ... Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying [serveth] not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
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