Deuteronomy 2:20
(This land is considered the land of the Rephaim; the Rephaim lived there formerly, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
KJV1611 – Modern English
(That also was regarded as a land of giants: giants dwelt there in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
King James Version 1611 (Original)
(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
(That also is accounted{H2803} a land{H776} of Rephaim:{H7497} Rephaim{H7497} dwelt{H3427} therein aforetime;{H6440} but the Ammonites{H5984} call{H7121} them Zamzummim,{H2157}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
(That also was accounted{H2803}{(H8735)} a land{H776} of giants{H7497}: giants{H7497} dwelt{H3427}{(H8804)} therein in old time{H6440}; and the Ammonites{H5984} call{H7121}{(H8799)} them Zamzummims{H2157};
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
That also was taken for a londe of geauntes and geauntes dwelt therim in olde tyme, and the Ammonites called them Zamzumyms.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
for I haue geue it vnto the childre of Lot in possession. It was take for a lode of giauntes also, & giauntes dwelt therin afore tyme. And ye Ammonites calle the Samsumims,
Geneva Bible (1560)
That also was taken for a land of gyants: for gyants dwelt therein afore time, whome the Ammonites called Zamzummims:
Bishops' Bible (1568)
That also was taken for a lande of giauntes, and giauntes dwelt therin in olde tyme, whom the Ammonites call Zamzummims.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
Webster's Bible (1833)
(That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim lived therein before; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
`A land of Rephaim it is reckoned, even it; Rephaim dwelt in it formerly, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim;
American Standard Version (1901)
(That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt therein aforetime; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
American Standard Version (1901)
(That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt therein aforetime; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
Bible in Basic English (1941)
(That land is said to have been a land of the Rephaim, for Rephaim had been living there in earlier times, but they were named Zamzummim by the Ammonites;
World English Bible (2000)
(That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim lived therein before; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
(That also is considered to be a land of the Rephaites. The Rephaites lived there originally; the Ammonites call them Zamzummites.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 14:5 : 5 In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-Kiriathaim,
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21 They were a great and numerous people, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place.
22 The LORD did the same for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir when He destroyed the Horites before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.
23 And as for the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and settled in their place.
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9 The LORD said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land as a possession. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.'
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2 The people are great and tall—the descendants of the Anakim, whom you know and about whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'
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4 Og, king of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei,
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