1 Maccabees 7:8 — compare Bible translations

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BrLXX Καὶ ἐπέλεξεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸν Βακχίδην τῶν φίλων τοῦ βασιλέως, κυριεύοντα ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ, καὶ μέγαν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ, καὶ πιστὸν τῷ βασιλεῖ.
(Kai epelexen ho basileus ton Bakⱪidaʸn tōn filōn tou basileōs, kurieuonta en tōi peran tou potamou, kai megan en taʸ basileia, kai piston tōi basilei.)

BrTr Then the king chose Bacchides, a friend of the king, who ruled beyond the river, and was a great man in the kingdom, and faithful to the king.

WEBBE So the king chose Bacchides, one of the king’s[fn] friends, who was ruler in the country beyond the river, and was a great man in the kingdom, and faithful to the king.

7:8 See 1 Maccabees 2:18.

DRA Then the king chose Bacchides, one of his friends that ruled beyond the great river in the kingdom, and was faithful to the king: and he sent him,

RV And the king chose Bacchides, one of the king’s [fn] Friends, who was ruler in the country beyond the river, and was a great man in the kingdom, and faithful to the king.

7:8 See ch. ii. 18.

KJB-1769 Then the king chose Bacchides, a friend of the king, who ruled beyond the flood, and was a great man in the kingdom, and faithful to the king,

KJB-1611 Then the king chose Bacchides a friend of the king, who ruled beyond the flood, and was a great man in the kingdome, and faithfull to the king.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Wycl And the kyng chees of his frendis Bachides, that was lord ouer the greet flood in the rewme, and trewe to the kyng, and sente hym,
(And the king chose of his friends Bachides, that was lord over the great flood in the realm, and true to the king, and sent him,)

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