KJV King James Version
(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
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Deuteronomy 2:20
(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
(That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.
WEB World English Bible
(That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim lived therein before; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
ASV American Standard Version
(That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt therein aforetime; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘A land of Rephaim it is reckoned, even it; Rephaim dwelt in it formerly, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 2
17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
19 And [when] thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon [any] possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot [for] a possession.
20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
23 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, [even] unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
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אֶֽרֶץ־H776 · e.retsland: country/planetרְפָאִ֥יםH7497 · ra.pahRaphaתֵּחָשֵׁ֖בH2803 · cha.shavto devise: designאַף־H637 · aphalsoהִ֑ואH1931 · huhe/she/itרְפָאִ֤יםH7497 · ra.pahRaphaיָֽשְׁבוּ־H3427 · ya.shavto dwellבָהּ֙H9034 · haherלְפָנִ֔יםH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeוְהָֽעַמֹּנִ֔יםH5984 · am.mo.niMeuniteיִקְרְא֥וּH7121 · qa.rato call: call toלָהֶ֖םH9038 · hemthemזַמְזֻמִּֽים׃H2157 · zam.zomZamzummin
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