Deuteronomy 2:20
(That also was regarded as a land of giants: giants dwelt there in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
(This land is considered the land of the Rephaim; the Rephaim lived there formerly, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim.
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;
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 And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings with him came and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
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