“nearest” in the Douay-Rheims Bible
The word nearest appears 2 times in the Douay-Rheims Bible. The first 2 matching verses are shown below.
- Esther 1:14 (Now the chief and nearest him were, Charsena, and Sethar, and Admatha, and Tharsis, and Mares, and Marsana, and Mamuchan, seven princes of the Persians and of the Medes, who saw the face of the king, and were used to sit first after him:)
- Ecclesiasticus 13:19 Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself.