Psalm 81:5

He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

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.

World English Bible

He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

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.

Young's 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.

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.

In context

4For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

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