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New Living Translation

Deuteronomy 2:10

(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.

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.
Amplified Bible
(The Emim lived there in times past, a people great and numerous, and as tall as the Anakim.
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 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 bypassed the territory of our relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We avoided the road through the Arabah Valley that comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber. "Then as we turned north along the desert route through Moab, 9 the Lord warned us, ‘Do not bother the Moabites, the descendants of Lot, or start a war with them. I have given them Ar as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.'" 10 (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. 11 Both the Emites and the Anakites are also known as the Rephaites, though the Moabites call them Emites. 12 In earlier times the Horites had lived in Seir, but they were driven out and displaced by the descendants of Esau, just as Israel drove out the people of Canaan when the Lord gave Israel their land.) 13 Moses continued, "Then the Lord said to us, ‘Get moving. Cross the Zered Brook.' So we crossed the brook. 14 "Thirty-eight years passed from the time we first left Kadesh-barnea until we finally crossed the Zered Brook! By then, all the men old enough to fight in battle had died in the wilderness, as the Lord had vowed would happen. 15 The Lord struck them down until they had all been eliminated from the community. 16 "When all the men of fighting age had died, 17 the Lord said to me,

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
A river brings joy to the city of our God, the sacred home of the Most High.
Revelation 22:1
Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

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.


 
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