Psalm 81:4
New International Version
this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

New Living Translation
For this is required by the decrees of Israel; it is a regulation of the God of Jacob.

English Standard Version
For it is a statute for Israel, a rule of the God of Jacob.

Berean Standard Bible
For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

King James Bible
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

New King James Version
For this is a statute for Israel, A law of the God of Jacob.

New American Standard Bible
For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

NASB 1995
For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

NASB 1977
For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Legacy Standard Bible
For it is a statute for Israel, A judgment of the God of Jacob.

Amplified Bible
For this is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Christian Standard Bible
For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For this is a statute for Israel, a judgment of the God of Jacob.

American Standard Version
For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For this is the law for Israel and the judgment for the God of Jacob!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For this is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob.

Contemporary English Version
This is the law in Israel, and it was given to us by the God of Jacob.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob.

English Revised Version
For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is a law for Israel, a legal decision from the God of Jacob.

Good News Translation
This is the law in Israel, an order from the God of Jacob.

International Standard Version
because it is a statute in Israel, an ordinance by the God of Jacob,

JPS Tanakh 1917
For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Literal Standard Version
For it [is] a statute to Israel, | An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Majority Standard Bible
For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

New American Bible
For this is a law for Israel, an edict of the God of Jacob,

NET Bible
For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.

New Revised Standard Version
For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

New Heart English Bible
For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Webster's Bible Translation
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

World English Bible
For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Young's Literal Translation
For a statute to Israel it is, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Sing for Joy to God, Our Strength
3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast. 4For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:…

Cross References
Psalm 81:3
Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.

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:


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Psalm 81
1. An exhortation to a solemn praising of God
4. God challenges that duty by reason of his benefits
8. God, exhorting to obedience, complains of their disobedience, which proves their own hurt.














(4) For this.--Better, for it is a statute. Referring either to the feast itself or to the mode of celebrating it.

Law.--Literally, judgment, as LXX. and Vulg.

Verse 4. - For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob; rather, this is a law (Kay, Cheyne, Revised Version). See the passages quoted in the preceding note.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

this
ה֑וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is a statute
חֹ֣ק (ḥōq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute

for Israel,
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל (lə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

an ordinance
מִ֝שְׁפָּ֗ט (miš·pāṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

of the God
לֵאלֹהֵ֥י (lê·lō·hê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of Jacob.
יַעֲקֹֽב׃ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc


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