Judith 9:16

3 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon

Douay-Rheims 1899

For thy power, O Lord, is not in a multitude, nor is thy pleasure in the strength of horses, nor from the beginning have the proud been acceptable to thee: but the prayer of the humble and the meek hath always pleased thee.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Neen, Heer, niet in een groot getal ligt uw macht, en uw beslissing steunt niet op de kracht van paarden. Nooit waart Gij de trotsen genegen, maar het gebed van nederigen en ootmoedigen heeft U altijd behaagd.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Non enim in multitudine est virtus tua, Domine, neque in equorum viribus voluntas tua est, nec superbi ab initio placuerunt tibi: sed humilium et mansuetorum semper tibi placuit deprecatio.

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 9:16

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Douay-Rheims 1899

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Clementine Vulgate 1598