2 Esdras 1:12

11 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon

ASV Byzantine Text

Speak thou therefore unto them, saying,

King James Version + Apocrypha

Speak thou therefore unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord,

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Speak thou therefore unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord,

Revised Version

Speak thou therefore unto them, saying,

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Speak therefore to them, saying:

World English Bible Classic

Speak therefore to them, saying:

World English Bible Updated

Speak therefore to them, saying:

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tedae amih te voek lamtah thui pah, Boeih loh a thui coeng.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Parle-leur donc, et dis-leur :

Spanish BLL

Así que ve y diles esto:

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Habla, pues, con ellos, diciendo:

When was this written?

The traditions broadly agree on this one.

Broad agreement: 90 AD–120 AD Anonymous
An apocalypse responding to the destruction of the temple in AD 70.

The commentaries behind these dates →

Who ruled Rome

Emperors reigning while this book is dated. Where the traditions differ, they often fall under different rulers.

Broad agreement

Domitian 81 AD–96 AD
An autocratic reign under which Revelation is traditionally placed, on the testimony of Irenaeus.
Nerva 96 AD–98 AD
A brief reign that eased the pressures of Domitian's last years.
Trajan 98 AD–117 AD
His correspondence with Pliny the Younger is the earliest surviving statement of official Roman policy toward Christians.
Hadrian 117 AD–138 AD
Suppressed the Bar Kokhba revolt and refounded Jerusalem as a Roman colony.

Elsewhere in the world

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (90 AD–120 AD).

1070 BC–350 AD The kingdom of Kush Africa
A Nubian power on the upper Nile that ruled Egypt itself as its twenty-fifth dynasty.
500 BC–500 AD The Nazca lines South America
Vast figures drawn on the Peruvian desert, visible only from the surrounding hills.
206 BC–220 AD The Han dynasty China
Four centuries of Chinese rule contemporary with the whole of Roman expansion.
150 BC–100 AD Roman concrete and the aqueducts Rome
Hydraulic concrete let Rome build harbours, domes and aqueducts that still stand.
100 BC–550 AD Teotihuacan Mesoamerica
A city of perhaps a hundred thousand people in the valley of Mexico, with monumental pyramids.
75 AD–94 AD Josephus writes his histories Levant
A Jewish commander turned Roman client whose account is the main narrative source for first-century Judea.
27 BC–100 AD Roman road and sea network matures Rome
Consolidated roads, harbours and suppressed piracy made long-distance travel unusually safe, a precondition for the rapid spread of early Christian communities.
100 AD–940 AD The kingdom of Aksum Africa
An Ethiopian trading power on the Red Sea, and among the earliest states to adopt Christianity.

2 Esdras 1:12

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Revised Version ☆

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

World English Bible Classic ☆

World English Bible Updated ☆

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Spanish BLL ☆

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

ASV Byzantine Text

King James Version + Apocrypha

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Revised Version

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

World English Bible Classic

World English Bible Updated

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Spanish BLL

Spanish Free Bible for the World