Bel and the Dragon 1:35

11 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon

ASV Byzantine Text

And Habakkuk said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.

Brenton English Septuagint

And Habbacuc said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And Habbacuc said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And Habacuc said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And Habbacuc said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.

British English Septuagint 2012

And Habbacuc said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.

Revised Version

And Habakkuk said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And Habakkuk said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Habakkuk loh, “Boeipa, Babylon te ka hmuh noek pawt tih, sathueng khui a omnah khaw ka ming moenih,” a ti nah.

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ εἶπεν Ἀμβακούμ· Κύριε, Βαβυλῶνα οὐχ ἑώρακα καὶ τὸν λάκκον οὐ γινώσκω.

Brenton Septuagint

Καὶ εἶπεν Ἀμβακοὺμ, Κύριε, Βαβυλῶνα οὐχ ἑώρακα, καὶ τὸν λάκκον οὐ γινώσκω.

When was this written?

The traditions broadly agree on this one.

Broad agreement: 150 BC–100 BC Anonymous
A Greek addition to Daniel.

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Elsewhere in the world

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (150 BC–100 BC).

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.
280 BC–130 BC Hebrew scriptures translated into Greek Egypt
The Septuagint was produced in Alexandria, making the Hebrew scriptures readable across the Greek-speaking world.
264 BC–146 BC Punic wars Rome
Rome defeated Carthage in three wars, becoming the dominant western Mediterranean power.
206 BC–220 AD The Han dynasty China
Four centuries of Chinese rule contemporary with the whole of Roman expansion.
130 BC–100 BC The Silk Road opens Asia
Regular overland trade linked Han China to the Mediterranean, carrying goods, disease and ideas.
100 BC–550 AD Teotihuacan Mesoamerica
A city of perhaps a hundred thousand people in the valley of Mexico, with monumental pyramids.
150 BC–100 AD Roman concrete and the aqueducts Rome
Hydraulic concrete let Rome build harbours, domes and aqueducts that still stand.

Bel and the Dragon 1:35

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Revised Version ☆

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

Brenton Septuagint ☆

ASV Byzantine Text

Brenton English Septuagint

King James Version + Apocrypha

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

LXX2012 U. S. English

British English Septuagint 2012

Revised Version

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

SEPTUAGINTA

Brenton Septuagint