2 Esdras 7:128

8 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon

ASV Byzantine Text

that, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said: but if he get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say.

that, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said: but if he get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say.

if they are overcome, they will suffer as you have said, but if they get the victory, they will receive the thing that I say.

if they are overcome, they will suffer as you have said, but if they get the victory, they will receive the thing that I say.

if they are overcome, they will suffer as you have said, but if they get the victory, they will receive the thing that I say.

s'ils sont vaincus, ils souffriront comme tu l'as dit, mais s'ils remportent la victoire, ils recevront la chose que je dis.

si salen perdiendo, les va a tocar sufrir todo eso que tú mismo dijiste, pero si salen ganando, se van a llevar todo el premio del que yo te hablé.

si son vencidos, sufrirán como tú has dicho, pero si obtienen la victoria, recibirán lo que yo digo.

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.

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

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.

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.