2 Esdras 16:1

11 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon

ASV Byzantine Text

Woe unto thee, Babylon, and Asia! woe unto thee, Egypt, and Syria!

King James Version + Apocrypha

Woe be unto thee, Babylon, and Asia! woe be unto thee, Egypt and Syria!

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Woe be unto thee, Babylon, and Asia! woe be unto thee, Egypt, and Syria!

Revised Version

Woe unto thee, Babylon, and Asia! woe unto thee, Egypt, and Syria!

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Woe to you, Babylon, and Asia! Woe to you, Egypt and Syria!

World English Bible Classic

Woe to you, Babylon, and Asia! Woe to you, Egypt and Syria!

World English Bible Updated

Woe to you, Babylon, and Asia! Woe to you, Egypt and Syria!

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Anunae Babylon neh Asia nang aih te! Anunae Egypt neh Syrian nang aih te!

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Malheur à toi, Babylone et Asie ! Malheur à toi, Égypte et Syrie !

Spanish BLL

¡Pobre de ti, Babilonia, y de ti, Asia! ¡Y pobres de ustedes, Egipto y Siria!

Spanish Free Bible for the World

¡Ay de vosotros, Babilonia y Asia! ¡Ay de vosotros, Egipto y Siria!

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 16:1

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