Q&A: How do you say “In God we trust” in Hebrew? Does the meaning change at all with the translation?

בה׳ מבטחנו – be-adonai mivtaḥenu.

Devout Jews might prefer to say

בשם מבטחנו – bashem mivtaḥenu.

The meaning is much the same: it literally means “In the Lord is our trust.”

That said, you won’t see it inscribed on Israeli currency, as it is on US currency.

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