⁹Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them,^g who was as tall as^h cedars and was as strong as the oaks. I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.

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gLiterally “from the face of them”
hLiterally “whose height was as the height of”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,

whose height was like the height of the cedars

and who was as strong as the oaks;

I destroyed his fruit above

and his roots beneath.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them,

though they were tall as the cedars

and strong as the oaks.

I destroyed their fruit above

and their roots below.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced;

his height was like the cedars,

and he was as sturdy as the oaks;

I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But as my people watched,

I destroyed the Amorites,

though they were as tall as cedars

and as strong as oaks.

I destroyed the fruit on their branches

and dug out their roots.

KJV 1900King James Version

Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them,

Whose height was like the height of the cedars,

And he was strong as the oaks;

Yet I destroyed his fruit from above,

And his roots from beneath.

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