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Brenton's Septuagint

Deuteronomy 9:2

a people great and many and tall, the sons of Enac, whom thou knowest, and concerning whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Enac?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Anak;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Anakim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Fenced Cities;   Giants;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Deuteronomy;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Anak, Anakim ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Anakim;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahiman;   Deuteronomy;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Anakim;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sidra;   Soá¹­ah;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
a people great and tall, the sons of the `Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the sons of `Anak?
King James Version
A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
Lexham English Bible
a great and tall people, the sons of the Anakites, whom you know and of whom you have heard it said, ‘Who could stand before the sons of Anak?'
English Standard Version
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, ‘Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'
New Century Version
The people there are Anakites, who are strong and tall. You know about them, and you have heard it said: "No one can stop the Anakites."
New English Translation
They include the Anakites, a numerous and tall people whom you know about and of whom it is said, "Who is able to resist the Anakites?"
Amplified Bible
a people great and tall, sons of Anakim, whom you know and of whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'
New American Standard Bible
a people who are great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know and of whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand against the sons of Anak?'
Geneva Bible (1587)
A people great and tall, euen the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak?
Legacy Standard Bible
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know and of whom you have heard it said, ‘Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'
Contemporary English Version
Some of these nations are descendants of the Anakim. You know how tall and strong they are, and you've heard that no one can defeat them in battle.
Complete Jewish Bible
a people great and tall, the ‘Anakim, whom you know about and of whom you have heard it said, ‘Who can stand before the descendants of ‘Anak?'
Darby Translation
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard [say], Who can stand before the sons of Anak!
Easy-to-Read Version
The people there are tall and strong. They are the Anakites. You know about them. You heard our spies say, ‘No one can win against the Anakites.'
George Lamsa Translation
A people great and tall, the sons of giants, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, No man can stand up before the giants!
Good News Translation
The people themselves are tall and strong; they are giants, and you have heard it said that no one can stand against them.
Christian Standard Bible®
The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them and you have heard it said about them, ‘Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?’
Literal Translation
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
a greate people and of an hye stature, namely the childre of Enakim, whom thou hast knowne, and of whom thou hast herde saye: Who is able to stonde agaynst the children of Enakim?
American Standard Version
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?
Bible in Basic English
A people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, of whom you have knowledge and of whom it has been said, All are forced to give way before the sons of Anak.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A people great & tall, euen the children of the Anakims, whiche thou knowest of, & of whom thou hast heard say, who wyll stand before the children of Anac?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say: 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'
King James Version (1611)
A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak?
English Revised Version
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?
Berean Standard Bible
The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them and you have heard it said, "Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
a greet puple, and hiy; the sones of Enachym, whiche thi silf `siest, and herdist, whiche no man may ayenstonde in the contrarie part.
Young's Literal Translation
a people great and tall, sons of Anakim, whom thou -- thou hast known, (and thou -- thou hast heard: Who doth station himself before sons of Anak?)
Update Bible Version
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?
Webster's Bible Translation
A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and [of whom] thou hast heard [it said], Who can stand before the children of Anak!
World English Bible
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?
New King James Version
a people great and tall, the descendants of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you heard it said, "Who can stand before the descendants of Anak?'
New Living Translation
The people are strong and tall—descendants of the famous Anakite giants. You've heard the saying, ‘Who can stand up to the Anakites?'
New Life Bible
The people there are strong and tall, the sons of Anakim. You know of them and have heard it said, ‘Who can stand in front of the sons of Anak?'
New Revised Standard
a strong and tall people, the offspring of the Anakim, whom you know. You have heard it said of them, "Who can stand up to the Anakim?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
a people great and tall, the sons of Anakim, - whom, thou, knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?
Douay-Rheims Bible
A people great and tall, the sons of the Enacims, whom thou hast seen, and heard of, against whom no man is able to stand.
Revised Standard Version
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know and of whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'

Contextual Overview

1 Hear, O Israel: Thou goest this day across Jordan to inherit nations greater and stronger than yourselves, cities great and walled up to heaven; 2 a people great and many and tall, the sons of Enac, whom thou knowest, and concerning whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Enac? 3 And thou shalt know to-day, that the Lord thy God he shall go before thy face: he is a consuming fire; he shall destroy them, and he shall turn them back before thee, and shall destroy them quickly, as the Lord said to thee. 4 Speak not in thine heart, when the Lord thy God has destroyed these nations before thy face, saying, For my righteousness the Lord brought me in to inherit this good land. 5 Not for thy righteousness, nor for the holiness of thy heart, dost thou go in to inherit their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord will destroy them from before thee, and that he may establish the covenant, which the Lord sware to our fathers, to Abraam, and to Isaac, and to Jacob. 6 And thou shalt know to-day, that it is not for thy righteousnesses the Lord thy God gives thee this good land to inherit, for thou art a stiff-necked people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

great: Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:12, Deuteronomy 2:21

Who can stand: Deuteronomy 7:24, Exodus 9:11, Job 11:10, Daniel 8:4, Daniel 11:16, Nahum 1:6

Reciprocal: Numbers 13:28 - strong Numbers 13:33 - saw the giants Deuteronomy 1:28 - The people Joshua 11:21 - the Anakims 1 Samuel 17:33 - Thou art not 1 Samuel 17:46 - will the Lord 2 Samuel 21:16 - of the sons Revelation 13:4 - who is able

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Genesis 2:19
And God formed yet farther out of the earth all the wild beasts of the field, and all the birds of the sky, and he brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them, and whatever Adam called any living creature, that was the name of it.
Genesis 9:4
But flesh with blood of life ye shall not eat.
Genesis 9:8
And God spoke to Noe, and to his sons with him, saying,
Genesis 9:20
And Noe began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.
Genesis 9:22
And Cham the father of Chanaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers without.
Genesis 9:23
And Sem and Japheth having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face was backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father.
Genesis 35:5
So Israel departed from Secima, and the fear of God was upon the cities round about them, and they did not pursue after the children of Israel.
Leviticus 26:6
And I will give peace in your land, and ye shall sleep, and none shall make you afraid; and I will destroy the evil beasts out of your land,
Leviticus 26:22
And I will send upon you the wild beasts of the land, and they shall devour you, and shall consume your cattle: and I will make you few in number, and your ways shall be desolate.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A people great and tall,.... Of a large bulky size, and of an high stature, so that the spies seemed to be as grasshoppers to them, Numbers 13:33,

the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest; by report, having had an account of them by the spies, who described them as very large bodied men, and of a gigantic stature, the descendants of one Anak, a giant; and so the Targum of Jonathan,

"a people strong and high like the giants;''

from these Bene Anak, children of Anak, or Phene Anak, as the words might be pronounced, the initial letter of the first word being of the same sound, Bochart z thinks the country had its name of Phoenicia:

and of whom thou hast heard say, who can stand before the children, of Anak? or the children of the giants, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; which they had heard either from the spies who had suggested the same, Numbers 13:31 or as a common proverb in the mouths of most people in those days.

z Canaan, l. 1. c. 1. col. 346.


 
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