Psalms 81:5

81:4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

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. through: or, against

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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.

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.

81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. were: Heb. passed away

What does Psalms 81:5 mean?

Psalms 81:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שׂוּם (sûwm), יְהוֹסֵף (Yᵉhôwçêph), עֵדוּת (ʻêdûwth).

Hebrew interlinear

This

ordainedשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

JosephיְהוֹסֵףYᵉhôwçêph/yeh-ho-safe'/H3084Jehoseph (i.e. Joseph), a son of Jacob

for

testimony,עֵדוּתʻêdûwth/ay-dooth'/H5715testimony

when

went

outיָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

through

the

landאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Egypt:מִצְרַיִםMitsrayim/mits-rah'-yim/H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

where

heardשָׁמַעshâmaʻ/shaw-mah'/H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

languageשָׂפָהsâphâh/saw-faw'/H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

that

understoodיָדַעyâdaʻ/yaw-dah'/H3045to 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.)

not.

through:

or,

against

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 81:5.

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Genesis 11:7

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Genesis 4:16

And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 81:5 say?

Psalms 81:5 (King James Version) reads: "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. through: or, against"

Is Psalms 81:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 81:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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