Judith 3:13

3 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon

Douay-Rheims 1899

For Nabuchodonosor the king had commanded him to destroy all the gods of the earth, that he only might be called God by those nations which could be brought under him by the power of Holofernes.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

want koning Nabukodonosor had hem opdracht gegeven, alle inheemse goden uit te roeien, opdat de volkeren, die Holoférnes aan zijn macht zou kunnen onderwerpen, hem alleen als god zouden erkennen.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Præceperat enim illi Nabuchodonosor rex, ut omnes deos terræ exterminaret, videlicet ut ipse solus diceretur deus ab his nationibus quæ potuissent Holofernis potentia subjugari.

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 3:13

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Douay-Rheims 1899

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Clementine Vulgate 1598