Deuteronomy 2:11

Deuteronomy 2:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Like the Anakim they are also counted as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They were also regarded as giants, like the Anakim, but the Moabites call them Emim.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Both the Emites and the Anakites are also known as the Rephaites, though the Moabites call them Emites.

Context of Deuteronomy 2:11

9Then the Lord said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.” 10(The Emites used to live there—a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites. Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaites, but the Moabites called them Emites. 12Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land the Lord gave them as their possession.) 13And the Lord said, “Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.” So we crossed the valley.

Deuteronomy 2:11 word by word

רְפָאִ֛ים יֵחָשְׁב֥וּ אַף־הֵ֖ם כָּעֲנָקִ֑ים וְהַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔ים יִקְרְא֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם אֵמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whichהֵ֫מָּהhêm hêmmâh · they(masc.)H1992
• also were accountedחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: thinkH2803
• giantsרְפָאִיםrâphâ' râphâh · RephaimH7497
• as the Anakimsעֲנָקִי‛ănâqîy · AnakimH6062
• but the Moabitesמוֹאָבִיmô'âbîy mô'âbîyâh mô'âbîyth · MoabiteH4125
• callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• them Emimsאֵימִים'êymîym · EmimH368

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:11

• Deuteronomy 1:28Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.’ ”
• Deuteronomy 9:2The people are strong and tall—Anakites! You know about them and have heard it said: “Who can stand up against the Anakites?”
• Numbers 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Which also were accounted giants - This is not a fortunate version. The word is not giants, but רפאים Rephaim, the name of a people. It appears that the Emim, the Anakim, and the Rephaim, were probably the same people, called by different names in the different countries where they dwelt; for they appear originally to have been a kind of wandering free-booters, who lived by plunder. (See on Deuteronomy 2:10; (note)). It must be granted, however, that…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. 11The Rephaim lived near Ashteroth-karnaim (Genesis 14:5), which might be modern Tell Ashtarah. This is directly east of the Sea of Galilee (see Deuteronomy 1:4).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

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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