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May 1, 1890
The Advance
Jamesburg, Middlesex County, New Jersey
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Article listing Bible editions named after printing errors or misprints, including the Breeches Bible (1506), Bug Bible (1561), and others up to 1823, with examples of the erroneous phrases.
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BIBLES SPECIALLY NAMED.
Many editions of the Bible have received special names from misprints or other errors to be found in them. The Leisure Hour gives a list of them, from which the following instances are taken:
The Breeches Bible contains the phrase, "They sewed figge-tree leaves together, and made themselves breeches." Genesis iii. 7. Printed in 1506.
The Bug Bible: "So that thou shalt not nede to be afraid for any Bugges by night, nor for the arrow that flyeth by day." Ps. xci. 5. Printed in 1561.
The Treacle Bible: "Is there not treacle at Gilead:" Jer. viii. 22. Printed in 1568.
The Rosin Bible, printed in 1609, translates the same verse, "Is there no rosin in Gilead."
The Place-maker's Bible: "Blessed are the place-makers." Mat. v. 9. 1561-2.
The Vinegar Bible: "The Parable of the Vinegar" appears instead of "The Parable of the Vineyard," as a chapter heading to Luke xx. in an Oxford edition, published in 1717.
The Ears-to-Ear Bible: "Who hath Ears to ear, let him hear." Mat. xiii. 43. 1810.
The Standing-Fishes Bible: "And it shall come to pass the fishes will stand upon it." Ezek. xlvii. 10. 1806.
The Discharge Bible: "I discharge thee before God." 1 Tim. v. 21. 1806.
The Wife-Hater Bible: "If any man come to me and hate not his father...yea, and his own wife, also," etc. Luke xiv. 26. 1810.
Rebekah's Camels Bible: "And Rebekah arose and her camels." Gen. xxiv. 61. 1823.
To-Remain Bible: "Prosecuted him that was born after the Spirit to remain, even so it is now." Gal. iv. 29.
When this Bible was in press at Cambridge, the proof-reader, in doubt whether he should remove a comma, applied to his superior, who penciled on the margin the words "To remain." This reply was thus transferred to the body of the text.
Many editions of the Bible have received special names from misprints or other errors to be found in them. The Leisure Hour gives a list of them, from which the following instances are taken:
The Breeches Bible contains the phrase, "They sewed figge-tree leaves together, and made themselves breeches." Genesis iii. 7. Printed in 1506.
The Bug Bible: "So that thou shalt not nede to be afraid for any Bugges by night, nor for the arrow that flyeth by day." Ps. xci. 5. Printed in 1561.
The Treacle Bible: "Is there not treacle at Gilead:" Jer. viii. 22. Printed in 1568.
The Rosin Bible, printed in 1609, translates the same verse, "Is there no rosin in Gilead."
The Place-maker's Bible: "Blessed are the place-makers." Mat. v. 9. 1561-2.
The Vinegar Bible: "The Parable of the Vinegar" appears instead of "The Parable of the Vineyard," as a chapter heading to Luke xx. in an Oxford edition, published in 1717.
The Ears-to-Ear Bible: "Who hath Ears to ear, let him hear." Mat. xiii. 43. 1810.
The Standing-Fishes Bible: "And it shall come to pass the fishes will stand upon it." Ezek. xlvii. 10. 1806.
The Discharge Bible: "I discharge thee before God." 1 Tim. v. 21. 1806.
The Wife-Hater Bible: "If any man come to me and hate not his father...yea, and his own wife, also," etc. Luke xiv. 26. 1810.
Rebekah's Camels Bible: "And Rebekah arose and her camels." Gen. xxiv. 61. 1823.
To-Remain Bible: "Prosecuted him that was born after the Spirit to remain, even so it is now." Gal. iv. 29.
When this Bible was in press at Cambridge, the proof-reader, in doubt whether he should remove a comma, applied to his superior, who penciled on the margin the words "To remain." This reply was thus transferred to the body of the text.
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1506 1823
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List of Bible editions named for misprints, including Breeches Bible (fig leaves as breeches, 1506), Bug Bible (bugs instead of terror, 1561), Treacle Bible (treacle for balm, 1568), and others with erroneous verses or headings up to 1823; final example from a proof-reader's marginal note accidentally included in text at Cambridge.