Exodus 17:15
New International Version
Moses built an altar and called it The LORD is my Banner.

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

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

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

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

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

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

NASB 1995
Moses built an altar and named it The LORD is My Banner;

NASB 1977
And Moses built an altar, and named it The LORD is My Banner;

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

Amplified Bible
And 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.”

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Moshe built an altar and he called its name Marya Nassi LORD JEHOVAH Tested.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Moses built an altar to the Lord, and called the name of it, The Lord my Refuge.

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

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Moses built an altar and called it The LORD Is My Banner.

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

International Standard Version
Moses built an altar and named it "The LORD is My Banner."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Adonai-nissi.

Literal Standard Version
and Moses builds an altar, and calls its name YHWH-Nissi,

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

New American Bible
Moses built an altar there, which he named Yahweh-nissi;

NET Bible
Moses built an altar, and he called it "The LORD is my Banner,"

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

New Heart English Bible
Moses built an altar, and called its name the LORD our Banner.

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 its name “Yahweh our Banner”.

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

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Defeat of the Amalekites
14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” 15And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner. 16“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”…

Cross References
Genesis 22:14
And 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."

Exodus 24:4
And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Judges 6:24
So 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.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Jehovah-nissi.

Genesis 22:14
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

Genesis 33:20
And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.

Psalm 60:4
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

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Exodus 17
1. The people murmur for water to Rephidim
6. God send them for water to the rock in Horeb
7. The place is called Massah and Meribah
8. Amalek is overcome by Joshua, while Moses holds up his hand
14. Amalek is doomed to destruction; and Moses builds the altar Jehovah-nissi














(15) Moses built an altar.--Primarily, no doubt, to sacrifice thank-offerings upon it, as an acknowledgment of the Divine mercy in giving Israel the victory. But secondarily as a memorial--a monument to commemorate Israel's triumph.

And called the name of it Jehovah-nissi.--Jacob had named an altar "El-Elohe-Israel" (Genesis 33:20); but otherwise we do not find altars given special names. When an altar was built as a memorial, the purpose would be helped by a name, which would tend to keep the event commemorated in remembrance. Jehovah-nissi--"the Lord is my banner"--would tell to all who heard the word that here there had been a struggle, and that a people which worshipped Jehovah had been victorious. It is not clear that there is any reference to "the rod of God" (Exodus 17:9) as in any sense the "banner" under which Israel had fought. The banner is Jehovah Himself, under whose protection Israel had fought and conquered.

Verse 15. - Moses built an altar. An altar naturally implies a sacrifice, and Moses may well have thought that the signal victory obtained required to be acknowledged, and as it were requited, by offerings. In giving his altar a name, he followed the example of Jacob, who called an altar which he built, El-Elohe-Israel (Genesis 33:20). Moses' name for his altar, Jehovah-nisi, meant "the Lord is my banner," and was intended to mark his ascription of the entire honour of the victory to Jehovah but had probably no reference to the particular mode in which the victory was gained.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And Moses
מֹשֶׁ֖ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

built
וַיִּ֥בֶן (way·yi·ḇen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

an altar
מִזְבֵּ֑חַ (miz·bê·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4196: An altar

and named
וַיִּקְרָ֥א (way·yiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

it
שְׁמ֖וֹ (šə·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

The LORD
יְהוָ֥ה ׀ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

Is My Banner.
נִסִּֽי׃ (nis·sî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5251: A flag, a sail, a flagstaff, a signal, a token


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