Tobit 8:24

3 translations of 23 that include the deuterocanon

Douay-Rheims 1899

And of all things which Raguel possessed, he gave one half to Tobias, and made him a writing, that the half that remained should after their decease come also to Tobias.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

En de helft van alles, wat Raguël bezat, schonk hij aan Tobias, en gaf hem een schriftelijk bewijs, dat na hun dood ook de andere helft in het bezit van Tobias zou komen.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

De omnibus autem quæ possidebat Raguel, dimidiam partem dedit Tobiæ, et fecit scripturam, ut pars dimidia quæ supererat, post obitum eorum Tobiæ dominio deveniret.

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.

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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
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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 8:24

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Douay-Rheims 1899

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Clementine Vulgate 1598