King James Version

Psalms 81:6

I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 81:7.

הֲסִיר֣וֹתִיhasirotiturnסוּרverb, hiphil, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “turn”, a completed actionH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…מִסֵּ֣בֶלmisevelfrom burdenסֵבֶלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from burden”, the ordinary formH5447a load (literally or figuratively)burden, charge.שִׁכְמ֑וֹshikhmvobackשְׁכֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “back”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7926the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahillback, [idiom] consent, portion, shoulder.כַּ֝פָּ֗יוkapayvhand , -dle,כַּףnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hand , -dle,”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, powerbranch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.מִדּ֥וּדmidudfrom basketדּוּדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from basket”, the ordinary formH1731a pot (for boiling); also (by resemblance of shape) a basketbasket, caldron, kettle, (seething) pot.תַּעֲבֹֽרְנָהtaavorenahalienateעָבַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “alienate”, an unfinished actionH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(81-7) 'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.

Young’s Literal Translation

From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.

World English Bible

“I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

Darby Translation

I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

Douay-Rheims

I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(81-7) 'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπέστησεν ἀπὸ ἄρσεων τὸν νῶτον αὐτοῦ· αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ κοφίνῳ ἐδούλευσαν.