Deuteronomy 2:20
What does Deuteronomy 2:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 2:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000(That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt therein aforetime; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
KJV
King James Version · 1611(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901(That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt therein aforetime; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949(That land is said to have been a land of the Rephaim, for Rephaim had been living there in earlier times, but they were named Zamzummim by the Ammonites;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`A land of Rephaim it is reckoned, even it; Rephaim dwelt in it formerly, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752It was accounted a land of giants: and giants formerly dwelt in it, whom the Ammonites call Zomzommims,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890(That also is reckoned a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in time past, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim;
Context
v.19and when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, vex them not, nor contend with them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
v.20This passage
v.21a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Jehovah destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 14:5
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
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