The Book of Tobit ( or Book of Tobias ) is a book of biblical scripture that is part of the Catholic and Orthodox biblical canon , put forward by the Council of Carthage of 397 and confirmed for Roman Catholics by the Council of Trent ( 1546 ) . The Book of Tobit ( Book of Tobias in the Vulgate ; from the Greek : Ï Ï Î Î Î , and Hebrew : ` Tobih `` my good '' , also called the Book of Tobias from the Hebrew ` '' Tobiah `` Yahweh is my good '' ) is a book of scripture that is part of the Catholic and Orthodox biblical canon , pronounced canonical by the Council of Carthage of 397 and confirmed for Roman Catholics by the Council of Trent ( 1546 ) .