# Exodus 17.15

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**Book:** [Exodus](/codex/exodus/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 13. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
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> **15. And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi;**
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> 16. and he said, Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. (Exodus 17:13-16, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 13. Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14. Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”
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> **15. Moses built an altar, and called its name Yahweh our Banner.**
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> 16. He said, “Yah has sworn: ‘Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’” (Exodus 17:13-16, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 13. And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14. And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
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> **15. And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi: <sup>Jehovahnissi: that is, The LORD my banner</sup>**
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> 16. For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. <sup>Because: or, Because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the LORD, therefore, etc</sup> <sup>the LORD hath: Heb. the hand upon the throne of the LORD</sup> (Exodus 17:13-16, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 13. and Joshua weakeneth Amalek and his people by the mouth of the sword. 14. And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Write this, a memorial in a Book, and set [it] in the ears of Joshua, that I do utterly wipe away the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens;'
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> **15. and Moses buildeth an altar, and calleth its name Jehovah-Nissi,**
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> 16. and saith, 'Because a hand [is] on the throne of Jah, war [is] to Jehovah with Amalek from generation, generation.' (Exodus 17:13-16, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** Moses (traditional)
- **Audience:** Israelite congregation post-Exodus
- **Location:** Egypt → Sinai wilderness
- **Time period:** events c. 1446-1445 BC; composed c. 1446-1406 BC

## Theological reading

## Key words

- [H8034 - shem](/codex/h8034-shem/), *shem* (Strong's H8034). Also appears in: [Genesis 3](/codex/genesis-3/), [Genesis 4.26](/codex/genesis-4-26/), [Genesis 6.4](/codex/genesis-6-4/).

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Amalekite Genocide Objection Defeater](/codex/amalekite-genocide-objection-defeater/), via [Exodus 17.8-16](/codex/exodus-17-8-16/)

**Concepts:**

- [Names of Jehovah](/codex/names-of-jehovah/)

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