a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, “Who can stand before the sons of Anak?”
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a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, “Who can stand before the sons of Anak?”
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A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
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a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say: 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 9:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 13:22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Exodus 9:11 The magicians couldn’t stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.
- Numbers 13:28 However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.
- Numbers 13:33 There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim. We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”
- Deuteronomy 2:11-12 These also are considered to be Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim. The Horites also lived in Seir in the past, but the children of Esau succeeded them. They destroyed them from before them, and lived in their place, as Israel did to the land of his possession, which Yahweh gave to them.)
- Deuteronomy 2:21 a great people, many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Yahweh destroyed them from before Israel, and they succeeded them, and lived in their place;
- Deuteronomy 7:24 He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under the sky. No one will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them.
- Job 11:10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
- Daniel 8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, northward, and southward. No animals could stand before him. There wasn’t any who could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and magnified himself.
- Daniel 11:16 But he who comes against him will do according to his own will, and no one will stand before him. He will stand in the glorious land, and destruction will be in his hand.
- Nahum 1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain By the report of the spies, Num. 13:26.
By the report of the spies, Num. 13:26.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 9:2 A people great and tall, the children…
Deu 9:2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and [of whom] thou hast heard [say], Who can stand before the children of Anak!
Ver. 2. The children of Anak.] Hence seems to come the Greek word, Aναξ, for a king; for these great men were looked upon as so many little kings. {See Trapp on "Gen 6:4"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Either from the spies, or rather from common fame,…
Either from the spies, or rather from common fame, for this seems to be a proverb used. in those times.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain A people great and tall,.... Of a large bulky…
A people great and tall,.... Of a large bulky size, and of an high stature, so that the spies seemed to be as grasshoppers to them, Num 13:33,
the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest; by report, having had an account of them by the spies, who described them as very large bodied men, and of a gigantic stature, the descendants of one Anak, a giant; and so the Targum of Jonathan,"a people strong and high like the giants;''from these Bene Anak, children of Anak, or Phene Anak, as the words might be pronounced, the initial letter of the first word being of the same sound, Bochart (z) thinks the country had its name of Phoenicia:
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and of whom thou hast heard say, who can stand before the children, of Anak? or the children of the giants, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; which they had heard either from the spies who had suggested the same, Num 13:31 or as a common proverb in the mouths of most people in those days.
(z) Canaan, l. 1. c. 1. col. 346.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Who can stand - This seems to be a…
Who can stand - This seems to be a proverb used in those times.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Stand. Hebrew, "who can stand before the sons of…
Stand. Hebrew, "who can stand before the sons of Enak?" as if this were a sort of proverb. (Calmet) --- The spies had formerly terrified the people with the report of the high walls and gigantic inhabitants of Chanaan, Numbers xiii. 18.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. great and tall … Anakim] See on Deu_1:28.
2. great and tall … Anakim] See on Deu_1:28.
whom thou knowest, etc.] Deu_7:15; and hast heard say, Deu_1:28; Num_13:28.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (2) Whom thou knowest.—The pronoun is emphatic. The twelve…
(2) Whom thou knowest.—The pronoun is emphatic. The twelve spies, two of whom were still living, had seen them (Num_13:33), and their fame was doubtless notorious. It seems to have been a common saying, possibly among the Anakim themselves, “Who will stand up to the children of Anak?” No one could be found to face them.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Anakim (cf. Deu_1:28) It was a common saying, Who…
Anakim (cf. Deu_1:28) It was a common saying, Who can stand before the sons of Anak? But even these gigantic foes should be unable to stand before Israel: (cf. Deu_7:24)
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