Judith 13:31

3 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon

Douay-Rheims 1899

Blessed art thou by thy God in every tabernacle of Jacob, for in every nation which shall hear thy name, the God of Israel shall be magnified on occasion of thee.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Gezegend zijt gij door uw God in alle tenten van Jakob! Want bij alle volken, die uw naam zullen horen, zal de God van Israël om u worden verheerlijkt!

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Benedicta tu a Deo tuo in omni tabernaculo Jacob, quoniam in omni gente quæ audierit nomen tuum, magnificabitur super te Deus Israël.

When was this written?

The traditions broadly agree on this one.

Broad agreement: 150 BC–100 BC Anonymous
Written after the Maccabean revolt, using a deliberately unhistorical setting.

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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.

Judith 13:31

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Douay-Rheims 1899

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Clementine Vulgate 1598