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19 So when the Lord your God gives you relief from all the enemies who surround you in the land he[a] is giving you as an inheritance,[b] you must wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven[c]—do not forget![d]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 25:19 tn Heb “ the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
  2. Deuteronomy 25:19 tn The Hebrew text includes “to possess it.”
  3. Deuteronomy 25:19 tn Or “from beneath the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
  4. Deuteronomy 25:19 sn This command is fulfilled in 1 Sam 15:1-33.

19 When the Lord your God gives you rest(A) from all the enemies(B) around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the name of Amalek(C) from under heaven. Do not forget!

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