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?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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?'
• 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?’

Context of Deuteronomy 9:2

1Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven, A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard it said, Who can stand before the children of Anak! 3Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he who goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said to thee. 4Speak not thou in thy heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.

Deuteronomy 9:2 word by word

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

• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• tallרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Anakimsעֲנָקִי‛ănâqîy · AnakimH6062
• knowestיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• standיָצַבyâtsab · to standH3320
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• Anakעֲנָק‛ânâq · AnakH6061

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:2

• Deuteronomy 2:11Who also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
• Deuteronomy 7:24And he shall deliver their kings into thy hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou shalt have destroyed them.
• Exodus 9:11And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
• Job 11:10If he shall cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
• Daniel 8:4I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
• Daniel 11:16But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
• Nahum 1:6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down 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