16He said, "For hands were lifted up to the throne of the Lord . The Lord will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation."


In Context

13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven."

15 Moses built an altar and called it The Lord is my Banner.

16 He said, "For hands were lifted up to the throne of the Lord . The Lord will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation."

Exodus 17:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:16For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn [that] the LORD [will have] war with Amalek from generation to generation.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:16Because the hand of the throne of the Lord, and the war of the Lord shall be against Amalec, from generation to generation.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:16And he said, Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:16And he said, For the hand is on the throne of Jah; Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:16and he said, The LORD hath sworn: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:16For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:16He said, |Yah has sworn: 'Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:16and saith, 'Because a hand is on the throne of Jah, war is to Jehovah with Amalek from generation — generation.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:16For he said, Because the LORD has sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.