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.
• New International Version (NIV)Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaites, but the Moabites called them Emites.
• 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.

Context of Deuteronomy 2:11

9the 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. Both the Emites and the Anakites are also known as the Rephaites, though the Moabites call them Emites. 12In 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.) 13Moses continued, “Then the Lord said to us, ‘Get moving. Cross the Zered Brook.’ So we crossed the brook.

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 demoralized us with their report. They tell us, “The people of the land are taller and more powerful than we are, and their towns are large, with walls rising high into the sky! We even saw giants there—the descendants of Anak!”’
• Deuteronomy 9:2The people are strong and tall—descendants of the famous Anakite giants. You’ve heard the saying, ‘Who can stand up to the Anakites?’
• Numbers 13:22Going north, they passed through the Negev and arrived at Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai—all descendants of Anak—lived. (The ancient town of Hebron was founded seven years before the Egyptian city of Zoan.)

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