Deuteronomy 2:10

Deuteronomy 2:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
• New International Version (NIV)(The Emites used to live there—a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites.
• English Standard Version (ESV)(The Emim formerly lived there, a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim.
• New King James Version (NKJV)(The Emim had dwelt there in times past, a people as great and numerous and tall as the Anakim.

Context of Deuteronomy 2:10

8“So we passed beyond our brothers the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road, away from Elath and Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed through by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not attack 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 of Lot as a possession.’ (The Emim lived there previously, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim. 11Like the Anakim, they too are regarded as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim. 12The Horites previously lived in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them, and settled in their place; just as Israel did to the land of their possession which the Lord gave them.)

Deuteronomy 2:10 word by word

הָאֵמִ֥ים לְפָנִ֖ים יָ֣שְׁבוּ בָ֑הּ עַ֣ם גָּד֥וֹל וְרַ֛ב וָרָ֖ם כָּעֲנָקִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• livedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• there previouslyפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• a peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• as greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• numerousרַבrab · manyH7227
• and tallרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• as the Anakimעֲנָקִי‛ănâqîy · AnakimH6062

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:10

• Deuteronomy 2:11Like the Anakim, they too are regarded as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.
• Genesis 14:5And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The 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 Gomorrah. 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-12Verses 10-12 For the Emims, Horims, and Anakims, see the marginal references. These verses are either parenthetical or the insertion of a later hand.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-23Verses 8-23 We have the origin of the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. Moses also gives an instance older than any of these; the Caphtorims drove the Avims out of their country. These revolutions show what uncertain things wordly possessions are. It was so of old, and ever will be so. Families decline, and from them estates are transferred to families that increase; so little continuance is there in these things. This is recorded to encourage the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The Emites also lived at Shaveh-kiriathaim (Genesis 14:5). This was 16 kilometers (about 10 miles) east of the Dead Sea’s north end.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-188-18. we passed ... through the way of the plain--the Arabah or great valley, from Elath ("trees") (the Ailah of the Greeks and Romans). The site of it is marked by extensive mounds of rubbish. Ezion-geber--now Akaba, both were within the territory of Edom; and after making a circuit of its southeastern boundary, the Israelites reached the border of Moab on the southeast of the Salt Sea. They had been forbidden by divine command to molest the Moabites in…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 2:10

• Anakim
• Emims

In the dictionaries

• Contend
• Distress
• Emims
• Exodus
• Geber
• Giants
• Kirjathaim
• Deuteronomy
• Emim
• Moab; Moabites

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2

• 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