Deuteronomy 2:21 - The Scriptures 1998

²¹ a people as great and numerous and tall as the Anaqim. But יהוה  destroyed them before them, and they dispossessed them and dwelt in their place,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ A people great and many, and tall as the Anakim. But the Lord destroyed them before [Ammon], and they dispossessed them and settled in their stead,

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ 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;

Common English Bible

²¹ They were large, numerous, and tall, just like the Anakim. But the LORD completely destroyed the Zamzummim before the Ammonites, and they took possession of that area, settling in their place.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ They are a people, great and numerous, and of lofty stature, like the Anakim, whom the Lord wiped away before their face. And he caused them to live there in place of them,

Deuteronomy 2:21 Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:28

‘Where are we going to? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we, the cities are great and walled up to the heavens, and we saw the sons of the Anaqim there too.” ’

Deuteronomy 2:20

(That was also reckoned as a land of Repha’ites. Repha’ites formerly dwelt there. But the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,

Deuteronomy 2:22

as He had done for the descendants of Ě

Deuteronomy 3:11

“For only Og sovereign of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Repha’ites. See, his bedstead was an iron bedstead. Is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the cubit of a man.

Judges 11:24

‘Whatever Kemosh your mighty one gives you to possess, do you not possess it? And all that which יהוה  our Elohim takes possession of before us, we possess.