Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version (The Emites used to live there—a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites. New Living Translation (A race of giants called the Emites had once lived in the area of Ar. They were as strong and numerous and tall as the Anakites, another race of giants. English Standard Version (The Emim formerly lived there, a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim. Berean Standard Bible (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. King James Bible The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; New King James Version (The Emim had dwelt there in times past, a people as great and numerous and tall as the Anakim. New American Standard Bible (The Emim lived there previously, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim. NASB 1995 (The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim. NASB 1977 (The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim. Legacy Standard Bible (The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim. Amplified Bible (The Emim lived there in times past, a people great and numerous, and as tall as the Anakim. Christian Standard Bible The Emim, a great and numerous people as tall as the Anakim, had previously lived there. Holman Christian Standard Bible The Emim, a great and numerous people as tall as the Anakim, had previously lived there. American Standard Version (The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim: Aramaic Bible in Plain English The Amney from the first have dwelt in it, a people great and many, and as high as giants; Brenton Septuagint Translation Formerly the Ommin dwelt in it, a great and numerous nation and powerful, like the Enakim. Contemporary English Version Before the LORD gave the Moabites their land, a large and powerful tribe lived there. They were the Emim, and they were as tall as the Anakim. Douay-Rheims Bible The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof, a people great, and strong, and so tall, that like the race of the Enacims, English Revised Version (The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim: GOD'S WORD® Translation The Emites used to live there. These people were as strong, as numerous, and as tall as the people of Anak. Good News Translation A mighty race of giants called the Emim used to live in Ar. They were as tall as the Anakim, another race of giants. International Standard Version (The Emites, a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakim, lived there before. JPS Tanakh 1917 The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; Literal Standard Version The Emim have formerly dwelt in it, a people great, and numerous, and tall as the Anakim; Majority Standard Bible (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. New American Bible (Formerly the Emim lived there, a people great and numerous and as tall as the Anakim; NET Bible (The Emites used to live there, a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. New Revised Standard Version (The Emim—a large and numerous people, as tall as the Anakim—had formerly inhabited it. New Heart English Bible (The Emim lived there before, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim: Webster's Bible Translation (The Emims dwelt in it in times past, a people great, and many, and tall as the Anakims; World English Bible (The Emim lived there before, a great and numerous people, and tall as the Anakim. Young's Literal Translation 'The Emim formerly have dwelt in it, a people great, and numerous, and tall, as the Anakim; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Wanderings in the Wilderness…9Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.” 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.… Cross References 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 1:28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: 'The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.'" Treasury of Scripture The Emims dwelled therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; Deuteronomy 2:11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims. Genesis 14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, Jump to Previous Aforetime Anakim Anakims Anakites Dwelt Emim Emims Emites Equal Live Numbers Numerous Past Strong Tall Therein Times UsedJump to Next Aforetime Anakim Anakims Anakites Dwelt Emim Emims Emites Equal Live Numbers Numerous Past Strong Tall Therein Times UsedDeuteronomy 2 1. The story is continued, that they were not to meddle with the Edomites9. nor with the Moabites 16. nor with the Ammonites 24. but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by them (10-12) These three verses which follow should be read parenthetically. The Emims.--See Genesis 14:5-6, for the first mention of Rephaim, Zuzim, Emim, and Horim. (The termination im is plural in Hebrew, and, like cherubim, does not need the additional s.) These tribes were flourishing in the time of Abraham, but were conquered before the exodus. The children of Esau succeeded them.--A partial mixture of the two races resulted in this case, and from their union sprang the Amalekites, Israel's inveterate foes (Genesis 36:12; Genesis 36:22). As Israel did unto the land of his possession.--On the east of Jordan in Moses' lifetime, as well as on the west of Jordan under Joshua. It is not necessary, therefore, to make the parenthesis (Deuteronomy 2:10-12) editorial, though it forms no essential part of Moses' speech. . . . Verses 10-12. - The mention of the Moabites gives occasion to the author to introduce some notices of the ancient inhabitants of Edom and Moab. In Moab dwelt, in the earlier times, the Emim, a giant race, potent and numerous, like the 'Anakim. They were also, like the 'Anakim reckoned among the Rephaim, but were by the Moabites called Emim. The word Emim means frightful, and was given to these men probably because of their huge stature and fierce aspect. Anakims (see Deuteronomy 1:28). Rephaim seems to have been a generic name of these gigantic Canaanitish tribes (see Genesis 14:5; Genesis 15:20). The Horim appear from the name (from חוד, a cave) to have been a Troglodyte race, inhabiting the caves which abound in the Edomite range, and with whom, perhaps, originated the conception which was at a later period carried out in the marvelous rock city of Petra. Of their own origin nothing is known. As Israel did [or has done] unto the land of his possession. This cannot be regarded as uttered proleptically; it must either be the insertion of a later age, or it must refer to the conquest which had actually been made before this by the Israelites of the land to the east of the Jordan. and which is, in Deuteronomy 3:20, described as the possession which the Lord had given to the two tribes and a half to whom it had been assigned. The latter is the preferable supposition.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew (The Emitesהָאֵמִ֥ים (hā·’ê·mîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 368: terrors', an inhabitant of Moab used to לְפָנִ֖ים (lə·p̄ā·nîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6440: The face live יָ֣שְׁבוּ (yā·šə·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry there, בָ֑הּ (ḇāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew a people עַ֣ם (‘am) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock great גָּד֥וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent and many, וְרַ֛ב (wə·raḇ) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7227: Much, many, great as tall וָרָ֖ם (wā·rām) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise as the Anakites. כָּעֲנָקִֽים׃ (kā·‘ă·nā·qîm) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 6062: Anakim -- 'neck', a giant people around Hebron and in Philistia Links Deuteronomy 2:10 NIVDeuteronomy 2:10 NLT Deuteronomy 2:10 ESV Deuteronomy 2:10 NASB Deuteronomy 2:10 KJV Deuteronomy 2:10 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 2:10 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 2:10 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 2:10 French Bible Deuteronomy 2:10 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 2:10 The Emim lived therein before a people (Deut. 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