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King James Version

Psalms 81:4

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feast of the New Moon, the;   Law of Moses, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Joseph;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Asaph;   Music and Musical Instruments;   Priests and Levites;   Psalms;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gittith;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Day of Judgment;   Shofar;   Talmud;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
For this is required by the decrees of Israel; it is a regulation of the God of Jacob.
English Revised Version
For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Update Bible Version
For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
New Century Version
This is the law for Israel; it is the command of the God of Jacob.
New English Translation
For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; it is an ordinance given by 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.
Amplified Bible
For this is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
English Standard Version
For it is a statute for Israel, a rule of the God of Jacob.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whi comaundement is in Israel; and doom is to God of Jacob.
Berean Standard Bible
For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance 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.
American Standard Version
For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Bible in Basic English
For this is a rule for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
Complete Jewish Bible
Sound the shofar at Rosh-Hodesh and at full moon for the pilgrim feast,
Darby Translation
For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob;
Easy-to-Read Version
This is the law for the people of Israel. The God of Jacob gave the command.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day.
King James Version (1611)
For this was a Statute for Israel: and a Law of the God of Iacob.
New Life Bible
For this is a Law for Israel, a Law of the God of Jacob.
New Revised Standard
For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For this is a statute for Israel, and a Law of the God of Iaakob.
George Lamsa Translation
For this was a statute for Israel and a law of the God of Jacob.
Good News Translation
This is the law in Israel, an order from the God of Jacob.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, a statute to Israel, it is, A regulation, by the God of Jacob;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(80-5) For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob.
Revised Standard Version
For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For this was made a statute for Israel: and a lawe of the God of Iacob.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For this is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob.
Christian Standard Bible®
For this is a statute for Israel,an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Hebrew Names Version
For it is a statute for Yisra'el, An ordinance of the God of Ya`akov.
Lexham English Bible
because it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Literal Translation
For this was 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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For this is the vse in Israel, & a lawe of the God of Iacob.
New American Standard Bible
For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance 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 (1995)
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.

Contextual Overview

1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 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. 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Isaiah 66:23 - that from Amos 8:5 - When

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For this was a statute for Israel,.... It was not a piece of will worship, or device of the children of Israel, but was of divine institution; that the passover should be kept at the time it was; and that the trumpets should be blown on the new moon, or first of Tisri; and that the feast of tabernacles should be kept on the fifteenth of the same month:

and a law of the God of Jacob; and therefore to be observed by Jacob's posterity: the law for the one is in Exodus 12:18 and for the other is in Leviticus 23:24 and so all the ordinances of Christ, and of the Gospel dispensation, are to be regarded on the same account, because they are the statutes and appointments of God; and the feast of tabernacles is particularly put for them all, Zechariah 14:16.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For this was a statute for Israel ... - See Exodus 12:3. That is, it was a law for the whole Jewish people, for all who had the name Israel, for all the descendants of Jacob. The word was is not in the original, as if this had been an old commandment which might now be obsolete, but the idea is one of perpetuity: it is a perpetual law for the Hebrew people.

A law of the God of Jacob - Hebrew, a judgment; or, right. The idea is, that it was what was due to God; what was his right. It was a solemn claim that he should be thus acknowledged. It was not a matter of conventional arrangement, or a matter of convenience to them; nor was it to be observed merely because it was found to be expedient and conducive to the welfare of the nation. It was a matter of right and of claim on the part of God, and was so to be regarded by the nation. The same is true now of the Sabbath, and of all the appointments which God has made for keeping up religion in the world. All these arrangements are indeed expedient and proper; they conduce to the public welfare and to the happiness of man; but there is a higher reason for their observance than this. It is that God demands their observance; that he claims as his own the time so appropriated. Thus he claims the Sabbath, the entire Sabbath, as his own; he requires that it shall be employed in his service, that it shall be regarded as his day; that it shall be made instrumental in keeping up the knowledge of himself in the world, and in promoting his glory. Exodus 20:10. People, therefore, “rob God” (compare Malachi 3:8) when they take this time for needless secular purposes, or devote it to other ends and uses. Nor can this be sinless. The highest guilt which man can commit is to “rob” his Maker of what belongs to Him, and of what He claims.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 81:4. This was a statute for Israel — See the statute, Numbers 10:10, and Leviticus 23:24.


 
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