“constraint” in the Douay-Rheims Bible
The word constraint appears 2 times in the Douay-Rheims Bible. The first 2 matching verses are shown below.
- 2 Machabees 6:7 But they were led by bitter constraint on the king’s birthday to the sacrifices: and when the feast of Bacchus was kept, they were compelled to go about crowned with ivy in honour of Bacchus.
- 1 Peter 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre’s sake but voluntarily: