3 Maccabees 2:15

14 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon

ASV Byzantine Text

Thy dwelling place, the heaven of heavens, is indeed unapproachable to men.

Brenton English Septuagint

Thy dwelling-place, the heaven of heavens, is indeed unapproachable to men.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Your dwelling place, the heaven of heavens, is indeed unapproachable to men.

British English Septuagint 2012

Your dwelling place, the heaven of heavens, is indeed unapproachable to men.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Thy dwelling place, the heaven of heavens, is indeed unapproachable to men.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Your dwelling place, the heaven of heavens, is indeed unapproachable to men.

World English Bible Classic

Your dwelling place, the heaven of heavens, is indeed unapproachable to men.

World English Bible Updated

Your dwelling place, the heaven of heavens, is indeed unapproachable to men.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Na im tah vaan a sangkoek ah om tih tela aka cet thai khat khaw a om pawt te ka ming uh.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Ta demeure, le ciel des cieux, est en effet inaccessible aux hommes.

SEPTUAGINTA

τὸ μὲν γὰρ οἰκητήριόν σου οὐρανὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀνέφικτος ἀνθρώποις ἐστίν.

Brenton Septuagint

Τὸ μὲν γὰρ οἰκητήριόν σου οὐρανὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀνέφικτος ἀνθρώποις ἐστίν.

Spanish BLL

El lugar donde vives, el cielo de los cielos, es realmente inalcanzable para los hombres.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Tu morada, el cielo de los cielos, es en verdad inaccesible a los hombres.

When was this written?

The traditions broadly agree on this one.

Broad agreement: 100 BC–50 BC Anonymous
Alexandrian Greek, concerning Egyptian rather than Judean persecution.

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100 BC–550 AD Teotihuacan Mesoamerica
A city of perhaps a hundred thousand people in the valley of Mexico, with monumental pyramids.
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Orator and philosopher whose Latin prose became the standard for the language.