Deuteronomy 9:2

Deuteronomy 9:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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!
• New International Version (NIV)The people are strong and tall—Anakites! You know about them and have heard it said: “Who can stand up against the Anakites?”
• New King James Version (NKJV)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 (NLT)The people are strong and tall—descendants of the famous Anakite giants. You’ve heard the saying, ‘Who can stand up to the Anakites?’

Context of Deuteronomy 9:2

1"Hear, O Israel: you are to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, cities great and fortified up to heaven, 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?' 3Know therefore today that he who goes over before you as a consuming fire is the Lord your God. He will destroy them and subdue them before you. So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as the Lord has promised you. 4"Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,' whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you.

Deuteronomy 9:2 word by word

עַֽם־גָּד֥וֹל וָרָ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י עֲנָקִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתָּ֤ה יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ וְאַתָּ֣ה שָׁמַ֔עְתָּ מִ֣י יִתְיַצֵּ֔ב לִפְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י עֲנָֽק׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• A peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• and tallרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• the childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of the Anakimsעֲנָקִי‛ănâqîy · AnakimH6062
• whom thou knowestיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• thou hast heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• Who can standיָצַבyâtsab · to standH3320
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• of Anakעֲנָק‛ânâq · AnakH6061

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:2

• Deuteronomy 2:11Like the Anakim they are also counted as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.
• Deuteronomy 7:24And he will give their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under heaven. No one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them.
• Exodus 9:11And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.
• Job 11:10If he passes through and imprisons and summons the court, who can turn him back?
• Daniel 8:4I saw the ram charging westward and northward and southward. No beast could stand before him, and there was no one who could rescue from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.
• Daniel 11:16But he who comes against him shall do as he wills, and none shall stand before him. And he shall stand in the glorious land, with destruction in his hand.
• Nahum 1:6Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken into pieces by him.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9:2

• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-251. this day--means this time. The Israelites had reached the confines of the promised land, but were obliged, to their great mortification, to return. But now they certainly were to enter it. No obstacle could prevent their possession; neither the fortified defenses of the towns, nor the resistance of the gigantic inhabitants of whom they had received from the spies so formidable a description. cities great and fenced up to heaven--Oriental cities…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 9:2

• Anakim
• Moses

In the dictionaries

• Anak
• Anak, Anakites
• Anakim
• Carefully
• Rebellious
• Ahiman
• Calf, Golden
• Deuteronomy

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings