Deuteronomy 25:17
15 You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
16 For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
18 how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.
19 When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
- KJV
- Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
- WEB
- Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt,
- ASV
- Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt;
- DARBY
- Remember what Amalek did unto thee on the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt;
- BLB
- Remember what Amalek did to you on the way, as you⁺ were coming out of Egypt,
- ÅB
- Kom i hu hva Amalek gjorde mot deg på veien, da dere dro ut av Egypt,
- OTB
- Husk hva amalekittene gjorde mot deg på din reise ut av Egypt.
- B1930
- Kom i hu hvad Amalek gjorde mot dig på veien, da I drog ut av Egypten,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 17:8–16
After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
Read in contextNumbers 25:17–18
“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.
Read in contextNumbers 24:20
Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
Read in context