St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-12-18
Curious Bibles.

are called the Bible, to mark the su =
premacy of thac book over all other
books. No book has been So often
| translated or so carefully translated as
the Bible, and no book has been so
often printed or so carefully printed as
the Bible.
With all the pains, however, taken
by translators, reyiSers, and proof
readers to render the Word of God
perfect in diction and free from print
ers' errors, some peculiarities of ex-
preston and typographical blemishes
have passed into certain versions and
editions of the Scriptures, and these
have stamped their names on the edi-
tiOns in which they are found. | pro-
pose in this article to draw attention
to tbs most remarkable of these pecu
liarities.
THE BUG BIBLE.
$50 that thou shalt not nede to be
afraid for any Bugges by nighte, nor
for the arrow that flyeth by day. ."-Ps.
xci. ). .....-....
This rendering has fastened the
above name to Matthew's Bible, print
ed i'll London in 1851. The word bug
10 ouDTpSCb w tOlllC llOll INC w tlSIl
bpg, which means terror, spectre, hob
goblin, etc. We see here how the
march of time affects speech and how
usage and fashion varies even as re-
CARDS words. ..
THE TREACLE BIBLE.
SIS there not triacle at Gilead is
there no physician there 7"-Jer. viii.
%.
This translation is found in the
Bishops Bible, revision of the Great
Bible by Archbishop Parker and a
number of scholars. eight of whom
were bishops. g..
THE ROSIN BIBLE.
SIS there no rOsin in Gilead is there
no physician there. ."-Jer. viii. -.
This reading gives a name to the
first edition of the Douai Bible, printed
in 1899. The word translated rosin in
the Douai version was translated in
the Gene2a version, rs in the author
lied, by balm, but the Geneva version
rendered the same word rosin in Gen.
xiii. |, and in Gen. Xxxvii. % it gives
as alternative readings for the same
word rnsin, tlIrpHntinn and triacle.
THE PLACE MAKERS BIBLE.
"Blessed are the place makers; for
they shall be called the children Of
God. Matt. V. Q. 49,.
This extraordinary misprint occurred
in the second edition of the Geneva
Bible, published at Geneva in folio in
1861 =. The mistake was corrected,
and, as far rs | know, never occurred
again.
THE VINEGAR BIBLE.
"The Parable of the Vinegar" in
stead of "The Parable of the Vineyard,
appears in the chapter heading to
Luke Xxx. in an Oxford edition of the
authorized version which was pub
lished in I7l7. The book was pub
lished by j. Basket, in imperial folio,
and is said to he the most snmptuous
of all the Oxford Bibles. The print
ing is very beautiful. and some of the
copies were printed on vellum, but un-
fortunately the proofs were carelessly
read, and the book printed by Basket
was called "a basketful of printers err.
rOrs." The book is now priced on ac-
count of its Typographical faults.
THE WICKED BIBLE.
This extraordinary name has been
given to an edition of the authorized
Bible, printed i'll London by Robert
Barker and Martin Lucas in 1851. The
negative was left out of the seventh
commandment, and William Kiiburne,
writing in 1859, says that owing to
fined e., 900 or $4,000.
THE PROSECUTING PRINTERS BIBLE.
''Printers have prosecuted me with
ont cause."-Ps. cXix. l6l.
The word printers instead of princes
has given occasion for the above name.
All we know of this edition is stated
by Mr.. Henry Stevens in the catalogue
of the Caxton exhibition of Bibles,
where lie says these words were put
into the mouth of Cotton Mather by
laundering typographer in II Bible
printed before 1902.
THE EARS To EAR BIBLE.
'Who hath ears to ear, let him
hear. Matt. xiii. 43.
This adaptation to Ceckney usage is
found in an Svo Bible published by
the Oxford press in 1910. The same
bOoh bpilstiuH SfllOuS bIuHAltl
in Hebrews tx. IA GLOW much more
shall the blood of Christ, who through
the Eternal Spirit offered himself with
out spot to God, purge your conscience
from good works to. serve. the living
Cod
THE STANDING FISHES BIBLE.
"And it shall come TO pass that the
fishes shall stand upon it," ETC.
Eek. Xvii 10.
The word fishes is used for fishers in
Alto Bible printed by the Kings print
er in London in 1906. ...-
THE DISCHARGE BIsLE.
81 discharge thee before God."-I
Tim. v. a.
This reading disfigures ito Bible
issued by the Kings printers in Lon
don in 1902. am not aware that it
has ever been repeated.
a.. THE WIFE Halter BIBLE.
''lf any man come to me, and hate
not his father -. yea, and his
Own wife ALSO" etc.-Luke xiv. &c.
This reading is found in an seo BIZ
bic printed by the Oxford University
press in 1910. '-..... ...'.. ..-
kEBEKAB's cAMELs BIBLE.
+, "And Rebekah arose, and her cam
els."-Gen. xiv. 81.
The word camels instead of damsels
occurs in an $40. Bible published in
1923 by the Kings printers. in Lopdou-
THE RELIGIOUS. BIBLE.
Because she bath been religious