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Psalms 81:5

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.

KJV

Nescierunt, neque intellexerunt ; in tenebris ambulant : movebuntur omnia fundamenta terræ.

Vulgate

οὐκ ἔγνωσαν οὐδὲ συνῆκαν, ἐν σκότει διαπορεύονται· σαλευθήσονται πάντα τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς.

LXX

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, WhereI heard a language that I knew not.

ASV

כִּ֤י חֹ֣ק לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל ה֑וּא מִ֝שְׁפָּ֗ט לֵ/אלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
י
y
noun · 422×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ךָ
k
noun · 126×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 14:21 — 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.
  • Deut 5:6 — I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
  • Deut 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;
  • Exod 11:4 — And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
  • Exod 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 LOR
  • Exod 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 bowe
  • Exod 13:8 — 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.
  • Isa 28:11 — For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
  • Jer 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 the
  • Ps 77:15 — Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
  • Ps 78:5 — For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
  • Ps 114:1 — When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
  • Ps 114:1 — When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;