2 Esdras 7:122

8 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon

ASV Byzantine Text

And that the glory of the Most High shall defend them that have led a pure life, whereas we have walked in the most wicked ways of all?

Revised Version

And that the glory of the Most High shall defend them which have led a pure life, whereas we have walked in the most wicked ways of all?

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

And that the glory of the Most High will defend those who have led a pure life, but we have walked in the most wicked ways of all?

World English Bible Classic

And that the glory of the Most High will defend those who have led a pure life, but we have walked in the most wicked ways of all?

World English Bible Updated

And that the glory of the Most High will defend those who have led a pure life, but we have walked in the most wicked ways of all?

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Et que la gloire du Très-Haut défendra ceux qui ont mené une vie pure, mais que nous avons marché dans la plus mauvaise des voies ?

Spanish BLL

Nos dicen que la gloria del Altísimo va a defender a los que anduvieron derechos, pero nosotros nos fuimos por los caminos más chuecos que se podían encontrar.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

¿Y que la gloria del Altísimo defenderá a los que han llevado una vida pura, pero nosotros hemos caminado por los caminos más perversos de todos?

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 7:122

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