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Douay-Rheims
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Yet I cast out the Amorrhite before their face: whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was strong as an oak: and I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots beneath.
King James
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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.
Louis Second
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Et pourtant j'ai détruit devant eux les Amoréens, Dont la hauteur égalait celle des cèdres, Et la force celle des chênes; J'ai détruit leurs fruits en haut, Et leurs racines en bas
Martin Luther
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Nun hab ich ja den Amoriter vor ihnen her vertilget, der so hoch war wie die Zedern und seine Macht wie die Eichen, und ich vertilgte oben seine Frucht und unten seine Wurzel.
Vulgate
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ego autem exterminavi Amorreum a facie eorum cuius altitudo cedrorum altitudo eius et fortis ipse quasi quercus et contrivi fructum eius desuper et radices eius subter

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


ego : I, self.
autem : but, on the other hand, however, moreover, also.
cuius : (masc. sing. gen.) (the saint) WHOSE virtues were many.
cuius : (fem. sing. gen.) (the queen), the vices OF WHOM were many.
cuius : (neut. sing. gen) (the building) the size OF WHICH was great.
fortis : strong, brave, powerful, robust, steadfast, courageous.
fortis : valiant.
quasi : as if, just as, just as if, as it were /a sort of.
quercus : oak tree.
desuper : from above.