Show ERRORS IN EARLY bibler humorous slips that went unnoticed by watchful eyes although the piloting of early english bibles was conducted with great care and two of the conclave watched it agthe paper went through the press yet the first editions contained some striking errors the first edition because of its translation of ruth ill ili 15 was called the he bl THE T H E OLY ULY BIBLE IBLE B aj old ment and tha new if bevly 9 vACe evly irly tal cut of C the tongue and wh w rth the former diligently com compared and by hu ma i coin coul cartiff Cr tiff IMPRINTED M P R I 1 X T ED atLon London at donby by kobert Printer to the murile blo ble 11 it read and when she held it ho he measured six meas measures ures of b bar ar ley and laid it on her and he went to the city the correction to she wont to the city caused the next edition to be called the she bible errors in several other versions both preceding and following the king james bible have also made them celebrated thus the bug bible won its name because of its rendering of psalms acl 5 afraid of bugs by night which is now rendered terror by night the treacle bible rendered jeremiah vill 22 Is thero there no treacle in gilead Gl lead the rosin bible was an edition of the deual bible which translated this samo same line Is there no rosin in gilead Ol lead the breeches bible came by its name because it translated genesis ill 7 AI making aking themselves breeches out of fig leaves the place makers bible printed matthew v 9 blessed are the place makers for they shall be called the children of god the wicked bible won its fame from the fact that the negative was omitted from the seventh commandment man dment the printer was fined 2300 for the error new york tribune |