Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, May 10th, 2025
the Third Week after Easter
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

Amplified Bible

Deuteronomy 2:10

(The Emim lived there in times past, a people great and numerous, and as tall as the Anakim.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anakim;   Emims;   Thompson Chain Reference - Anakim;   Emim;   Giants;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Anakim, the;   Moabites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ar;   Emim;   Giants;   Kirjathaim;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Rephaim;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Emims;   Giants;   Kirjathaim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Emim;   Esau;   Giants;   Iim;   Kiriathaim;   Medeba;   Moab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Emim;   Esau;   Giants;   Rephaim;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Emim;   Giant;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Anak, Anakim ;   Deuteronomy, Book of;   Emim ;   Seir, Mount;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Rephaims;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Emims;   Moab;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Emims;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Deuteronomy;   Emim;   Moab;   Rephaim;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Emim;   Giants;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
(The Emim lived therein before, a people great, and many, and tall, as the `Anakim:
King James Version
The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
Lexham English Bible
(The Emim previously lived in it, a people large, numerous, and tall, like the Anakites.
English Standard Version
(The Emim formerly lived there, a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim.
New Century Version
(The Emites, who lived in Ar before, were strong people, and there were many of them. They were very tall, like the Anakites.
New English Translation
(The Emites used to live there, a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites.
New American Standard Bible
"(The Emim lived there previously, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great and many, & tall, as the Anakims.
Legacy Standard Bible
(The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim.
Contemporary English Version
Before the Lord gave the Moabites their land, a large and powerful tribe lived there. They were the Emim, and they were as tall as the Anakim.
Complete Jewish Bible
(The Emim used to live there, a great and numerous people as tall as the ‘Anakim.
Darby Translation
(The Emim dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall as the Anakim.
Easy-to-Read Version
(In the past, the Emites lived in Ar. They were strong people, and there were many of them. They were very tall, like the Anakites.
George Lamsa Translation
The Amney dwelt in it formerly, a people great and many and tall, like giants;
Good News Translation
(A mighty race of giants called the Emim used to live in Ar. They were as tall as the Anakim, another race of giants.
Christian Standard Bible®
The Emim, a great and numerous people as tall as the Anakim, had previously lived there.
Literal Translation
The Emim lived there in days gone by, a great and plentiful people, and tall as the Anakim;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For Ar haue I geuen vnto the children of Lot in possession. The Emims dwelt there before tyme, which were a greate stronge people, & hye of stature, as the Enakims:
American Standard Version
(The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim:
Bible in Basic English
(In the past the Emim were living there; a great people, equal in numbers to the Anakim and as tall;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Emims dwelt therin in tymes past, a people great, many, and tall, as the Anakims,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim;
King James Version (1611)
The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Formerly the Ommin dwelt in it, a great and numerous nation and powerful, like the Enakim.
English Revised Version
(The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim:
Berean Standard Bible
(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Emyn, `that is, griseful men, weren first dwelleris therof, a greet puple, and strong, and so hiy, that thei weren bileued as giantis,
Young's Literal Translation
`The Emim formerly have dwelt in it, a people great, and numerous, and tall, as the Anakim;
Update Bible Version
(The Emim dwelt therein previously, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim:
Webster's Bible Translation
(The Emims dwelt in it in times past, a people great, and many, and tall as the Anakims;
World English Bible
(The Emim lived therein before, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim:
New King James Version
(The Emim had dwelt there in times past, a people as great and numerous and tall as the Anakim.
New Living Translation
(A race of giants called the Emites had once lived in the area of Ar. They were as strong and numerous and tall as the Anakites, another race of giants.
New Life Bible
(The Emim had lived there before. These people were many and powerful, and as tall as the Anakim.
New Revised Standard
(The Emim—a large and numerous people, as tall as the Anakim—had formerly inhabited it.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the Emim, formerly dwelt therein, - a people great and many and tall, like the Anakim.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof, a people great, and strong, and so tall, that like the race of the Enacims,
Revised Standard Version
(The Emim formerly lived there, a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim;
THE MESSAGE
The Emites (Monsters) used to live there—mobs of hulking giants, like Anakites. Along with the Anakites they were lumped in with the Rephaites (Ghosts) but in Moab they were called Emites. Horites also used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau took over and destroyed them, the same as Israel did in the land God gave them to possess.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
(The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim.

Contextual Overview

8"So we passed beyond our brothers the sons of Esau, who lived in Seir, away from the Arabah (wilderness) road, away from Elath and from Ezion-geber. Then we turned and passed through by the way of the Wilderness of Moab. 9"And the LORD said to me, 'Do not harass [the descendants of] Moab, nor provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons (Moab and Ammon) of Lot as a possession.' 10(The Emim lived there in times past, a people great and numerous, and as tall as the Anakim.11These also are regarded as Rephaim [an ancient people], as are the Anakim, but the Moabites call them Emim. 12The Horites also used to live in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them. They destroyed them from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land which the LORD gave them as their possession.) 13'Now arise and cross the valley of the Zered.' So we crossed the Zered Valley. 14"Now thirty-eight years passed from the time we left Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley, until that entire generation of the men of war had died from within the camp, just as the LORD had sworn to them. 15"Moreover the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from within the camp, until they were all dead. 16"So it came about when all the men of war had finally died from among the people, 17that the LORD spoke to me, saying,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

All the nations here mentioned appear to have been the posterity of Ham, who lay under the prophetical curse of Noah, which was thus executed upon this part of them by the Moabites and Edomites. Deuteronomy 2:11, Genesis 14:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 36:24 - found Numbers 13:28 - strong Numbers 13:33 - saw the giants Deuteronomy 2:21 - great 2 Samuel 21:16 - of the sons Amos 2:9 - whose

Cross-References

Psalms 46:4
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
Revelation 22:1
Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb (Christ),

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Emims dwelt there in time past,.... We read of them as early as the times of Chedorlaomer, Genesis 14:5 when their dwelling was in Kirjathaim, a city which Sihon king of the Amorites took from the Moabites, and which being taken from him, was with others given to the tribe of Reuben, Numbers 32:37. These are by some thought to be the same with the Yemim which Anah found and met with in the wilderness, and defeated, which we render "mules", Genesis 36:24. They had their name from the fear and terror they put men into because of their gigantic stature and great strength, as follows: it is probable they were the descendants of Ham:

a people great and many, and tall as the Anakims; who were very numerous, of a very bulky size of body, and of high stature, like the giants the spies had seen at Hebron, the sons of Anak, a noted giant there, Numbers 13:22.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the Emims, Horims, and Anakims, see the marginal references. These verses are either parenthetical or the insertion of a later hand.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 2:10. The Emims dwelt therein — Calmet supposes that these people were destroyed in the war made against them by Chedorlaomer and his allies, Genesis 14:5. Lot possessed their country after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha. They are generally esteemed as giants; probably they were a hardy, fierce, and terrible people, who lived, like the wandering Arabs, on the plunder of others. This was sufficient to gain them the appellation of giants, or men of prodigious stature. See Deuteronomy 2:11.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile