Tobit 4:23

3 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon

Douay-Rheims 1899

Fear not, my son: we lead indeed a poor life, but we shall have many good things if we fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is good.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Wees overigens niet bevreesd, mijn zoon; al zouden wij ook arm blijven, toch zullen we vele goederen bezitten, als wij God vrezen, iedere zonde vermijden, en het goede doen!

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Noli timere, fili mi: pauperem quidem vitam gerimus, sed multa bona habebimus si timuerimus Deum, et recesserimus ab omni peccato, et fecerimus bene.

When was this written?

The traditions broadly agree on this one.

Broad agreement: 225 BC–175 BC Anonymous
Aramaic and Hebrew copies among the Dead Sea Scrolls fix it before the Maccabean period.

The commentaries behind these dates →

Elsewhere in the world

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (225 BC–175 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.
322 BC–185 BC The Mauryan empire India
The first empire to unite most of the Indian subcontinent.
287 BC–212 BC Archimedes of Syracuse Greece
Mathematician and engineer, killed when Rome took Syracuse.
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.
221 BC–206 BC Qin unification of China China
China was unified under its first emperor; writing, weights and measures were standardised.
221 BC–206 BC The Great Wall begun China
Existing walls were joined into a single frontier under the first emperor.

Tobit 4:23

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Douay-Rheims 1899

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Clementine Vulgate 1598