Deuteronomy 2:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD stroyed them before them; and they succeed them, and dwelt in their stead:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    a people great and many and tall, as the Anakim; but the LORD destroyed them before them, and they succeeded them and dwelt in their place.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    a people{H5971} great,{H1419} and many,{H7227} and tall,{H7311} as the Anakim;{H6062} but Jehovah{H3068} destroyed{H8045} them before{H6440} them; and they succeeded{H3423} them, and dwelt{H3427} in their stead;

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    A people{H5971} great{H1419}, and many{H7227}, and tall{H7311}{(H8802)}, as the Anakims{H6062}; but the LORD{H3068} destroyed{H8045}{(H8686)} them before{H6440} them; and they succeeded{H3423}{(H8799)} them, and dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} in their stead:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    A people that was great, many and taule, as the Enakyms. But the Lorde destroyed them before the Ammonites, and they cast them out and they dwelt there i their steade:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    which was a people that was greate, many, and of hye stature, as the Enakims.And these ye LORDE destroyed before the, and let them possesse the same, so that they dwelt in their steade.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    A people that was great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims: but the Lord destroyed them before them, and they succeeded them in their inheritance, and dwelt in their stead:

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    A people that was great, many, and tall, as the Anakims: But the Lorde destroyed them before them, and they succeeded them in their inheritaunce, and dwelt in their steade:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Yahweh destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    a people great, and numerous, and tall, as the Anakim, and Jehovah destroyeth them before them, and they dispossess them, and dwell in their stead,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Jehovah destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Jehovah destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    They were a great people, tall as the Anakim, and equal to them in number; but the Lord sent destruction on them and the children of Ammon took their place, living in their land;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Yahweh destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed the Rephaites in advance of the Ammonites, so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:28 : 28 Where can we go? Our brothers have discouraged us by saying, 'The people are larger and taller than we are, the cities are great and fortified up to the heavens, and we even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.'
  • Deut 2:10-11 : 10 The Emim used to live there, a people great and numerous and as tall as the Anakites. 11 Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaim, though the Moabites call them Emim.
  • Deut 2:22 : 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.
  • Deut 3:11 : 11 For only Og, king of Bashan, remained from the remnant of the Rephaim. Look, his bed was made of iron and is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites. It is nine cubits long and four cubits wide, according to the standard cubit.
  • Judg 11:24 : 24 Do you not take what your god Chemosh gives you? Likewise, we will take possession of whatever the Lord our God has driven out before us.
  • Jer 27:7-8 : 7 All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave. 8 But any nation or kingdom that will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or place its neck under his yoke—I will punish that nation with sword, famine, and plague, declares the LORD, until I destroy it by his hand.
  • Hab 1:10-11 : 10 They mock kings, and rulers are a joke to them. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to capture it. 11 Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on; but they are guilty—this strength of theirs is their god.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Deut 9:2-3
    2 verses
    82%

    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?'

    3 But understand today that the LORD your God is the one crossing ahead of you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and subdue them before you, so you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the LORD has promised you.

  • Deut 2:10-12
    3 verses
    82%

    10 The Emim used to live there, a people great and numerous and as tall as the Anakites.

    11 Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaim, though the Moabites call them Emim.

    12 The Horites also lived in Seir formerly, but the descendants of Esau dispossessed them. They destroyed them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land the LORD gave them as their possession.

  • Deut 2:22-23
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Deut 2:20
    81%

    20 (This land is considered the land of the Rephaim; the Rephaim lived there formerly, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim.

  • Josh 11:21-22
    2 verses
    78%

    21 At that time Joshua came and destroyed the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, Anab, all the hill country of Judah, and all the hill country of Israel. Joshua devoted them and their cities to destruction.

    22 No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites. Only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any remain.

  • Num 13:28-29
    2 verses
    75%

    28 However, the people who live there are strong, and the cities are large and very fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.

    29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan.

  • Amos 2:9
    73%

    9 'Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them, whose height was like the cedars and whose strength was like the oaks. I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below.'

  • Deut 31:4
    73%

    4 And the LORD will do to them as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, whom he destroyed.

  • Judg 1:20
    72%

    20 They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised, and Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak from it.

  • Deut 1:28
    71%

    28 Where can we go? Our brothers have discouraged us by saying, 'The people are larger and taller than we are, the cities are great and fortified up to the heavens, and we even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.'

  • Josh 13:12
    71%

    12 This encompassed the entire kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei, and was the last of the Rephaim. Moses defeated them and dispossessed them.

  • Judg 11:23
    70%

    23 Now the Lord, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites before His people Israel. Would you now take possession of it?

  • Num 13:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

    32 And they spread a bad report about the land they had explored among the Israelites, saying, "The land we explored devours those who live in it, and all the people we saw there are of great size.

    33 We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim. To ourselves, we seemed like grasshoppers, and we seemed the same to them."

  • Deut 7:1
    70%

    1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of, and He drives out many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—seven nations more numerous and stronger than you,

  • Neh 9:24
    70%

    24 Their descendants went in and took possession of the land. You subdued the inhabitants of the land—the Canaanites—before them and handed their kings and the peoples of the land over to them, to do with as they desired.

  • Deut 20:17
    70%

    17 Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Num 21:35
    70%

    35 So they struck down Og, his sons, and all his people, leaving no survivors. Then they took possession of his land.

  • Judg 11:21
    70%

    21 The Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into Israel’s hand, and they defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, who lived in that territory.

  • Josh 15:14
    70%

    14 Caleb expelled from there the three descendants of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the offspring of Anak.

  • Josh 12:4
    69%

    4 Og, king of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei,

  • Deut 2:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15 Indeed, the LORD's hand was against them, eliminating them from within the camp until they were all destroyed.

    16 When all the fighting men among the people had died and were gone,

  • Gen 15:21
    69%

    21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

  • Num 13:22
    69%

    22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

  • Deut 2:33
    69%

    33 And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we struck him down along with his sons and his whole army.

  • Deut 7:23
    69%

    23 But the LORD your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great panic until they are destroyed.

  • Ps 135:11
    69%

    11 Sihon, king of the Amorites, Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan.

  • Num 21:31
    69%

    31 So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

  • Deut 19:1
    69%

    1 When the LORD your God eliminates the nations whose land He is giving you, and you take possession of them and settle in their cities and houses,

  • Deut 12:29
    69%

    29 When the Lord your God cuts off the nations before you, the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,

  • Josh 2:10
    69%

    10 We have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.

  • 1 Chr 4:41
    69%

    41 These, recorded by name, came during the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the tents of the Meunites who were found there and completely destroyed them, as is still the case today. Then they settled in their place because there was pasture there for their flocks.

  • Josh 24:8
    69%

    8 I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought against you, but I gave them into your hands. You took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you.

  • Judg 3:5
    68%

    5 The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

  • 1 Kgs 9:20
    68%

    20 All the people who were left from the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not Israelites—

  • Josh 21:11
    68%

    11 They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasture lands. Arba was the ancestor of the Anakites.

  • 1 Chr 5:22
    68%

    22 Many were killed because the battle was from God, and they lived in their territory until the time of the exile.

  • Deut 11:23
    68%

    23 then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

  • Josh 23:9
    68%

    9 The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and no one has been able to stand against you to this day.

  • Deut 3:3
    67%

    3 So the LORD our God also gave us Og, king of Bashan, and all his people. We struck them down until no survivors remained.

  • Judg 6:5
    67%

    5 For they came with their livestock and tents, like swarms of locusts in number. Both they and their camels were too many to count, and they invaded the land to devastate it.

  • Deut 3:6
    67%

    6 We completely destroyed them, just as we had done to Sihon, king of Heshbon. In every city, we destroyed the men, women, and children.