Exodus 17:15

New Life Version

Moses built an altar and gave it the name The Lord is My Banner.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Moshe built an altar, and called the name of it the LORD our Banner

King James Version
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:

Lexham English Bible
And Moses built an altar, and he called its name Yahweh Is My Banner.

New Century Version
Then Moses built an altar and named it The Lord Is My Banner.

New English Translation
Moses built an altar, and he called it "The Lord is my Banner,"

Amplified Bible
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner;

New American Standard Bible
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD is My Banner;

Geneva Bible (1587)
(And Moses builte an altar and called the name of it, Iehouah-nissi)

Legacy Standard Bible
And Moses built an altar and named it Yahweh is My Banner;

Contemporary English Version
Moses built an altar and named it "The Lord Gives Me Victory."

Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe built an altar, called it Adonai Nissi [ Adonai is my banner/miracle],

Darby Translation
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Moses built an altar and named it, "The Lord is My Flag."

English Standard Version
And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord Is My Banner,

George Lamsa Translation
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nasi:

Good News Translation
Moses built an altar and named it "The Lord is my Banner."

Christian Standard Bible®
And Moses built an altar and named it, “The Lord Is My Banner.”

Literal Translation
And Moses built an altar. And he called its name, Jehovah My Banner.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Moses buylded an altare vnto the LORDE, and called it: The LORDE Nissi,

American Standard Version
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi;

Bible in Basic English
Then Moses put up an altar and gave it the name of Yahweh-nissi:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses made an aulter, and called the name of it: The Lorde is he that worketh miracles for me.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Adonai-nissi.

King James Version (1611)
And Moses built an Altar, and called the name of it IEHOUAH Nissi.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses built an altar to the Lord, and called the name of it, The Lord my Refuge.

English Revised Version
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:

Berean Standard Bible
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Moises bildide an auter, and clepide the name therof The Lord myn enhaunsere,

Young's Literal Translation
and Moses buildeth an altar, and calleth its name Jehovah-Nissi,

Update Bible Version
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Yahweh-nissi;

Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it JEHOVAH-nissi:

World English Bible
Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Yahweh our Banner

New King James Version
And Moses built an altar and called its name, The-Lord-Is-My-Banner; [fn]

New Living Translation
Moses built an altar there and named it Yahweh-Nissi (which means "the Lord is my banner").

New Revised Standard
And Moses built an altar and called it, The Lord is my banner.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Moses built an altar, - and called the name thereof, Yahweh-nissi.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses built an altar; and called the name thereof, The Lord, my exaltation, saying:

Revised Standard Version
And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The LORD is my banner,

THE MESSAGE
Moses built an altar and named it " God My Banner." He said, Salute God 's rule! God at war with Amalek Always and forever!

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Moses built an altar and named it The LORD is My Banner;

Contextual Overview

⁸ Then Amalek came and fought against Israel at Rephidim. ⁹ So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us. And go out and fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the special stick of God in my hand." ¹⁰ Joshua did as Moses told him. He fought against Amalek. And Moses, Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill. ¹¹ When Moses held up his hand, Israel would be winning. But when he let his hand down, Amalek would win. ¹² Moses' hands became tired. So they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on each side. His hands did not move until the sun went down. ¹³ So Joshua destroyed Amalek and his people with the sword. ¹⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write this in a book, to be remembered, and tell Joshua that I will take away everything under heaven that would help you remember Amalek." ¹⁵ Moses built an altar and gave it the name The Lord is My Banner. ¹⁶ And he said, "Because the Lord has promised to have war against Amalek through all time."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jehovahnissi: i.e. the Lord my banner, Genesis 22:14, Genesis 33:20, Psalms 60:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 26:25 - builded Genesis 35:7 - General Genesis 35:14 - General Judges 6:24 - Jehovahshalom Judges 15:19 - Enhakkore 1 Samuel 7:12 - Ebenezer 2 Chronicles 20:26 - the name Psalms 20:5 - and in Isaiah 62:10 - go through Ezekiel 48:35 - The Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 17:5
No more will your name be Abram. But your name will be Abraham. For I will make you the father of many nations.

Genesis 32:28
And the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel. For you have fought with God and with men, and have won."

2 Samuel 12:25
and sent word through Nathan who spoke for God. And Nathan gave him the name Jedidiah because of the Lord.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses built an altar,.... On Horeb, as Aben Ezra; on the top of the hill, as Ben Gersom, where sacrifices of thanksgiving were offered up for the victory obtained, or however a monument erected in memory of it:

and he called the name of it Jehovahnissi; which signifies either "the Lord is my miracle" who wrought a miracle for them in giving them the victory over Amalek, as well as, through smiting the rock with the rod, brought out water from thence for the refreshment of the people, their children and cattle; or "the Lord is my banner": alluding to the hands of Moses being lifted up with the rod therein, as a banner displayed, under which Joshua and Israel fought, and got the victory. This may fitly be applied to Christ, who is both altar, sacrifice, and priest, and who is the true Jehovah, and after so called; and who is lifted up as a banner, standard, or ensign in the everlasting Gospel, in order to gather souls unto him, and enlist them under him, and to prepare them for war, and encourage them in it against their spiritual enemies; and as a token of their victory over them, and a direction to them where they shall stand, when to march, and whom they shall follow; and to distinguish them from all other bands and companies, and for the protection of them from all their enemies, see Isaiah 11:10. These words were inscribed upon the altar, or the altar was called the altar of Jehovahnissi, in memory of what was here done; from hence it has been thought a, that Baachus, among the Heathens, had his name of Dionysius, as if it was Jehovahnyssaeus.

a Vid. Bochart. Canaan, l. 1. c. 18. col. 440.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jehovah-nissi - See the margin, “Jehovah my banner.” As a proper name the Hebrew word is rightly preserved. The meaning is evidently that the name of Yahweh is the true banner under which victory is certain; so to speak, the motto or inscription on the banners of the host. Inscriptions on the royal standard were well known. Each of the Pharaohs on his accession adopted one in addition to his official name.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 17:15. Jehovah-nissi — Jehovah is my ensign or banner. The hands and rod of Moses were held up as soldiers are wont to hold up their standards in the time of battle; and as these standards bear the arms of the country, the soldiers are said to fight under that banner, i.e., under the direction and in the defence of that government. Thus the Israelites fought under the direction of God, and in the defence of his truth; and therefore the name of JEHOVAH became the armorial bearing of the whole congregation. By his direction they fought, and in his name and strength they conquered; each one feeling himself, not his own, but the Lord's soldier.