Deuteronomy 2:10
Good News Translation
A mighty race of giants called the Emim used to live in Ar. They were as tall as the Anakim, another race of giants.

New Revised Standard Version
(The Emim—a large and numerous people, as tall as the Anakim—had formerly inhabited it.

Contemporary English Version
Before the LORD gave the Moabites their land, a large and powerful tribe lived there. They were the Emim, and they were as tall as the Anakim.

New American Bible
(Formerly the Emim lived there, a people great and numerous and as tall as the Anakim;

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof, a people great, and strong, and so tall, that like the race of the Enacims,

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The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof, a people great, and strong, and so tall, that like the race of the Enacims,

Deuteronomy 2:11 They were esteemed as giants, and were like the sons of the Enacims. But the Moabites call them Emims.

Genesis 14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chodorlahomor, and the kings that were with him: and they smote the Raphaim in Astarothcarnaim, and the Zuzim with them, and the Emim in Save of Cariathaim.

Context
Wanderings in the Wilderness
9And the Lord said to me: Fight not against the Moabites, neither go to battle against them: for I will not give thee any of their land, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot in possession. 10The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof, a people great, and strong, and so tall, that like the race of the Enacims,11They were esteemed as giants, and were like the sons of the Enacims. But the Moabites call them Emims.…
Cross References
Genesis 14:5
And in the fourteenth year came Chodorlahomor, and the kings that were with him: and they smote the Raphaim in Astarothcarnaim, and the Zuzim with them, and the Emim in Save of Cariathaim.

Deuteronomy 1:28
Whither shall we go up? the messengers have terrified our hearts, saying: The multitude is very great, and taller than we: the cities are great, and walled up to the sky, we have seen the sons of the Enacims there.

Deuteronomy 2:9
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