NIV: When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say:
NAS: 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:
KJV: 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.
GWT: These are the instructions God set in place for Joseph when Joseph rose to power over Egypt. I heard a message I did not understand:
ASV: 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.
BBE: 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.
DBY: 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.
DRB: 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.
WBS: 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.
WEB: 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.
YLT: 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.
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