Exodus 17:16
“For he said, Because the Lord hath sworne that the Lord will haue warre with Amalek from generation to generation.”
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Exodus 17:16 Context
14And the Lord said vnto Moses, Write this for a memoriall in a booke, and rehearse it in the eares of Ioshua: for I will vtterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from vnder heauen. 15And Moses built an Altar, and called the name of it IEHOUAH Nissi. 16For he said, Because the Lord hath sworne that the Lord will haue warre with Amalek from generation to generation.
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For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn [that] the LORD [will have] war with Amalek from generation to generation.
- King James Version
and he said, "The LORD has sworn; the LORD will have war against Amalek from generation to generation."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he said, Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For he said, The Lord has taken his oath that there will be war with Amalek from generation to generation.
- Basic English Bible
And he said, For the hand is on the throne of Jah; Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation!
- Darby Bible
For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
- Webster's Bible
He said, "Yah has sworn: 'Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.'"
- World English Bible
and saith, `Because a hand [is] on the throne of Jah, war [is] to Jehovah with Amalek from generation -- generation.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And he said: 'The hand upon the throne of the LORD: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible