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The Defeat of the Amalekites

Exodus 17:15

In 11 translations

BSB
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.Hebrew YHWH Nissi
KJV
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:Jehovah-nissi: that is, The LORD my banner
WEB
Moses built an altar, and called its name “Yahweh our Banner”.Hebrew, Yahweh Nissi
ASV
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi;
LSV
and Moses builds an altar, and calls its name YHWH-Nissi,
YLT
and Moses buildeth an altar, and calleth its name Jehovah-Nissi,
DBY
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi.
DRC
And Moses built an altar: and called the name thereof, The Lord my exaltation, saying:
GNV
(And Moses builte an altar and called the name of it, Iehouah-nissi)
JPS
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Adonai-nissi.
LXXE
And Moses built an altar to the Lord, and called the name of it, The Lord my Refuge.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּ֥בֶן מֹשֶׁ֖ה מִזְבֵּ֑חַ וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ יְהוָ֥ה ׀ נִסִּֽי׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε Μωυσῆς θυσιαστήριον Κυρίῳ· καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Κύριος καταφυγή μου.

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👤 Moses◆ Wilderness Wanderings

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 22:14And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
  • Judges 6:24So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
  • Psalms 60:4You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
  • Genesis 33:20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

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