2 Esdras 7:106

8 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon

ASV Byzantine Text

And I answered and said, How do we now find that first Abraham prayed for the people of Sodom, and Moses for the fathers that sinned in the wilderness:

Revised Version

And I answered and said, How do we now find that first Abraham prayed for the people of Sodom, and Moses for the fathers that sinned in the wilderness:

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

I answered, “How do we now find that first Abraham prayed for the people of Sodom, and Moses for the ancestors who sinned in the wilderness,

World English Bible Classic

I answered, “How do we now find that first Abraham prayed for the people of Sodom, and Moses for the ancestors who sinned in the wilderness,

World English Bible Updated

I answered, “How do we now find that first Abraham prayed for the people of Sodom, and Moses for the ancestors who sinned in the wilderness,

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Je répondis : « Comment trouvons-nous maintenant que d'abord Abraham a prié pour le peuple de Sodome, et Moïse pour les ancêtres qui ont péché dans le désert,

Spanish BLL

Le contesté: “¿Pues entonces cómo le hacemos con esto? Ya ves que al principio Abraham anduvo rogando por los de Sodoma; y luego Moisés le rogó por los antepasados que andaban pecando en el desierto;

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Respondí: «¿Cómo encontramos ahora que primero Abraham oró por el pueblo de Sodoma, y Moisés por los antepasados que pecaron en el desierto,

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 7:106

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Revised Version ☆

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

World English Bible Classic ☆

World English Bible Updated ☆

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Spanish BLL ☆

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

ASV Byzantine Text

Revised Version

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

World English Bible Classic

World English Bible Updated

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Spanish BLL

Spanish Free Bible for the World