Deuteronomy 2:11
They were reputed as giants, and like giants also they were; but the Moabites called them Emethanee.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
In Context
10The Emethanee in old times dwelt in it; a people great and many, and strong as the giants.
Cross References
Genesis 14:5And in the fourteenth year came Kedar-laomer, and the kings who were with him, and smote the giants who were in Ashtaroth Karnaim, and the mighty who were in Chemta, and the terrible ones who were in Shaveh Kiryathaim,
Numbers 13:28But very mighty are the people who inhabit the land, and the cities are fortified and very great; and we saw, also, the sons of the giants there.
Deuteronomy 1:28To what shall we go up? Our brethren have broken our heart, saying: The people are greater and stronger than we; vast are the cities, and walled to the height of heaven, and we saw there also the sons of the giants.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:9-24
8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. 10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;… Read the whole commentary →