Psalm 81:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ He made it a decree in Joseph, when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a voice I had not known:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ This He ordained in Joseph [the savior] for a testimony when He went out over the land of Egypt. The speech of One Whom I knew not did I hear [saying],

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ 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.

Common English Bible

⁵ He made it a decree for Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, when I heard a language I did not yet know:

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ They did not know and did not understand. They wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth will be moved.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.

Psalm 81:5 Cross References

Psalm 114:1

When Israel went forth from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

Psalm 77:15

Thou didst with thy arm redeem thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

Psalm 78:6

that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children,

Exodus 11:4

And Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: About midnight I will go forth in the midst of Egypt;

Exodus 12:12

For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord.

Exodus 12:27

you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he slew the Egyptians but spared our houses.’ ” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.

Exodus 12:29

At midnight the Lord smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the first-born of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the first-born of the cattle.

Isaiah 28:11

Nay, but by men of strange lips and with an alien tongue the Lord will speak to this people,

Jeremiah 5:15

Behold, I am bringing upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, says the Lord. It is an enduring nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor can you understand what they say.

Ezekiel 20:20

and hallow my sabbaths that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I the Lord am your God.

Amos 6:6

who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you do not understand,

Deuteronomy 4:45

these are the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt,