Deuteronomy 2:11
New International Version
Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaites, but the Moabites called them Emites.

New Living Translation
Both the Emites and the Anakites are also known as the Rephaites, though the Moabites call them Emites.

English Standard Version
Like the Anakim they are also counted as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.

Berean Standard Bible
Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.

King James Bible
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.

New King James Version
They were also regarded as giants, like the Anakim, but the Moabites call them Emim.

New American Standard Bible
Like the Anakim, they too are regarded as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.

NASB 1995
Like the Anakim, they are also regarded as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.

NASB 1977
Like the Anakim, they are also regarded as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.

Legacy Standard Bible
Like the Anakim, they are also regarded as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim.

Amplified Bible
These also are regarded as Rephaim [an ancient people], as are the Anakim, but the Moabites call them Emim.

Christian Standard Bible
They were also regarded as Rephaim, like the Anakim, though the Moabites called them Emim.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They were also regarded as Rephaim, like the Anakim, though the Moabites called them Emim.

American Standard Version
these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

Contemporary English Version
The Moabites called them Emim, though others sometimes used the name Rephaim for both the Anakim and the Emim.

English Revised Version
these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They were thought to be Rephaim, like the people of Anak, but the Moabites called them Emites.

Good News Translation
Like the Anakim they were also known as Rephaim; but the Moabites called them Emim.

International Standard Version
Like the Anakim, they were thought of as Rephaim, but the Moabites called them Emites.

Majority Standard Bible
Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.

NET Bible
These people, as well as the Anakites, are also considered Rephaites; the Moabites call them Emites.

New Heart English Bible
these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

Webster's Bible Translation
Who also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.

World English Bible
These also are considered to be Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
they are reckoned [as] Rephaim, they also, as the Anakim; and the Moabites call them Emim.

Young's Literal Translation
Rephaim they are reckoned, they also, as the Anakim; and the Moabites call them Emim.

Smith's Literal Translation
And they will be reckoned Rephaims also, as the Anakims; and the Moabites will call them Emims.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
They were esteemed as giants, and were like the sons of the Enacims. But the Moabites call them Emims.

Catholic Public Domain Version
They were considered to be like giants, and they were like the sons of the Anakim. And, indeed, the Moabites call them: the Emim.

New American Bible
like the Anakim they are considered Rephaim, though the Moabites call them Emim.

New Revised Standard Version
Like the Anakim, they are usually reckoned as Rephaim, though the Moabites call them Emim.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For they were giants, and also were accounted as giants; but the Moabites call them Amney.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
They are giants and those are considered also as giants, and the Moabites call them Amney.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
These also shall be accounted Raphain like the Enakim; and the Moabites call them Ommin.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Wanderings in the Wilderness
10(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. 11Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites. 12The Horites 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 that the LORD gave them as their possession.)…

Cross References
Numbers 13:33
We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”

Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

Joshua 11:21-22
At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities. / No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.

Joshua 14:12-15
Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.” / Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance. / Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel. ...

1 Samuel 17:4-7
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height, / and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels, / and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders. ...

Amos 2:9
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

2 Samuel 21:15-22
Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines. But David became exhausted. / Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David. / But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.” ...

1 Chronicles 20:4-8
Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued. / Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. / And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha, ...

Genesis 14:5
In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

Hebrews 11:33-34
who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, / quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.

Numbers 21:24
And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.

Numbers 21:35
So they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. And they took possession of his land.

Deuteronomy 9:2
The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”

Joshua 15:14
And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.


Treasury of Scripture

Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.

as the Anakims

Deuteronomy 1:28
Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

Deuteronomy 9:2
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!

Numbers 13:22,28,33
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) …

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Deuteronomy 2
1. The story is continued, that they were not to meddle with the Edomites
9. nor with the Moabites
16. nor with the Ammonites
24. but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by them














Like the Anakim
The Anakim were a formidable race of giants mentioned in the Old Testament, known for their great size and strength. The Hebrew root for "Anakim" is "עֲנָקִים" (Anakim), which is derived from "anak," meaning "neck" or "chain," possibly referring to their imposing stature. Historically, the Anakim were considered descendants of Anak and were feared by the Israelites. Their presence in the land of Canaan was a significant obstacle for the Israelites during their conquest. This phrase sets the stage for understanding the fear and awe that these giant races inspired among the people of the ancient Near East.

they were also regarded as Rephaim
The term "Rephaim" is derived from the Hebrew "רְפָאִים" (Rephaim), which is often associated with giants or mighty men of old. In the biblical context, the Rephaim were considered ancient inhabitants of the land, possibly linked to the Nephilim mentioned in Genesis. The Rephaim were seen as a powerful and ancient people, and their mention here underscores the formidable nature of the inhabitants that the Israelites encountered. This phrase highlights the continuity of the narrative concerning giant races and their impact on the history and psyche of the Israelites.

though the Moabites called them Emites
The Moabites, descendants of Lot, had their own name for these giants, "Emites," which comes from the Hebrew "אֵימִים" (Emim), meaning "terrors" or "fearful ones." This name reflects the dread and respect these giants commanded among the Moabites. The use of different names by different cultures for the same group of people illustrates the widespread recognition of their presence and the fear they instilled across various nations. This phrase emphasizes the shared history and interactions between the Israelites and their neighboring nations, as well as the common understanding of the challenges posed by these ancient peoples.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Like the Anakites,
כָּעֲנָקִ֑ים (kā·‘ă·nā·qîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 6062: Anakim -- 'neck', a giant people around Hebron and in Philistia

they were also
אַף־ (’ap̄-)
Conjunction
Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though

regarded
יֵחָשְׁב֥וּ (yê·ḥā·šə·ḇū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2803: To think, account

as Rephaim,
רְפָאִ֛ים (rə·p̄ā·’îm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 7497: Rephaim -- inhabitants of an area East of the Jordan

though the Moabites
וְהַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔ים (wə·ham·mō·’ā·ḇîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 4125: Moabite -- descendant of Moab

called
יִקְרְא֥וּ (yiq·rə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

them
לָהֶ֖ם (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

Emites.
אֵמִֽים׃ (’ê·mîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 368: terrors', an inhabitant of Moab


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