Deuteronomy 9:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:2

Israel’s Rebellions Reviewed

1 “Hear, O Israel: You are to cross over the Jordan today, and go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

2 a people great and tall, the ^adescendants of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you heard it said, ‘Who can stand before the descendants of Anak?’

3 Therefore understand today that the Lord your God is He who ^agoes over before you as a ^bconsuming fire. ^cHe will destroy them and bring them down before you; ^dso you shall drive them out and destroy them quickly, as the Lord has said to you.

4 ^a“Do not think in your heart, after the Lord your God has cast them out before you, saying, ‘Because of my righteousness the Lord has brought me in to possess this land’; but it is ^bbecause of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out from before you.

5 ^aIt is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God drives them out from before you, and that He may¹ fulfill the ^bword which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 9:2

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American Standard Version
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?

Amplified® Bible
A people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know and of whom you have heard it said, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?

Contemporary English Version
Some of these nations are descendants of the Anakim. You know how tall and strong they are, and you've heard that no one can defeat them in battle.

Darby English Version
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!

Good News Bible
The people themselves are tall and strong; they are giants, and you have heard it said that no one can stand against them.

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!

New American Standard Bible
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know and of whom you have heard {it said,} `Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'

New International Version
The people are strong and tall—Anakites! You know about them and have heard it said: "Who can stand up against the Anakites?"

New King James Version
a people great and tall, the descendants of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you heard it said, ‘Who can stand before the descendants of Anak?’

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know and of whom you have heard it said, ' Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'

Revised Standard Version
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'

Young's Literal Translation
a people great and tall, sons of Anakim, whom thou -- thou hast known, (and thou -- thou hast heard: Who doth station himself before sons of Anak?)

New English Translation
They include the Anakites,¹ a numerous² and tall people whom you know about and of whom it is said, “Who is able to resist the Anakites?”

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