Deuteronomy 9:2

9:2 They include the Anakites, ¹  a numerous ²  and tall people whom you know about and of whom it is said, “Who is able to resist the Anakites?”

Deuteronomy 1:28

1:28 What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage ³  by describing people who are more numerous ⁴  and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven ⁵  itself! Moreover, they said they saw ⁶  Anakites ⁷  there.”

¹ sn Anakites. See note on this term in Deut 1:28.

² tn Heb “great and tall.” Many English versions understand this to refer to physical size or strength rather than numbers (cf. “strong,” NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT).

³ tn Heb “have caused our hearts to melt.”

⁴ tn Heb “greater.” Many English versions understand this to refer to physical size or strength rather than numbers (cf. “stronger,” NAB, NIV, NRSV; “bigger,” NASB).

⁵ tn Or “as the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

⁶ tn Heb “we have seen.”

⁷ tn Heb “the sons of the Anakim.”