Deuteronomy 9:2

a people great and tall, the sons of Anakim,—whom, thou, knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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!

In Context

1Hear O Israel! thou art passing, to-day, over the Jordan, to go in to dispossess nations, greater and stronger than thou,—cities great and fortified into the heavens;

3So then, thou must consider to-day, that Yahweh thy God, he it is that is passing over before thee as a consuming fire, he, will destroy them, and, he, will cause them to bow down before thee,—so shalt thou dispossess them, and destroy them speedily, as Yahweh hath spoken unto thee.

Read all of Deuteronomy 9

Cross References

Numbers 13:22Yea they went up in the South and entered as far as Hebron, and there, were Ahiman Sheshai and Talmai descendants of the Anak. Now, Hebron, was built seven years, before Zoan of Egypt.

Numbers 13:33And, there, saw we the giants, sons of Anak [descended] of the giants,—And we were in our own eyes, as grass-hoppers, And, so, were we in their eyes.

Deuteronomy 2:11Giants, used, they also, to be accounted like the Anakim,—but the Moabites, called them Emim.

Deuteronomy 7:24and will deliver their kings into thy hand and thou shalt destroy their name, from under the heavens,—not a man shall stand before thee, until thou hast destroyed them.

Job 11:10If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?

Daniel 11:16So shall he that cometh against him do according to his own pleasure, and, none, shall stand before him,—therefore will he take his stand in the beautiful land, and it will languish and be exhausted in his hand.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:2-7

Victory Promised. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, 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! 3 Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Deuteronomy 9:2