Well now, lemme tell ya about that ol’ “Wicked Bible” they call it. It was printed way back in 1631, can ya believe that? I reckon not many folks in them days thought a Bible could get folks in so much trouble. But this one sure did. The Bible was printed by some royal printers, Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, right in London. They were probably just tryin’ to do their job, but they sure messed up something fierce!
You see, they was re-printin’ the King James Bible, the big one that lots of folks still read today. But they made a mistake. A big one, I tell ya. It was in the part where the Ten Commandments is—Exodus, Chapter 20, Verse 14, to be exact. Now, the good ol’ King James Bible says, “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” But in this here “Wicked Bible,” they accidentally left out that little word “not.” So instead of sayin’ “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” it said “Thou shalt commit adultery.” Now, that sure ain’t the sort of thing you want to find in a Bible, no sir!
Well, as you might imagine, people got real upset. Some say it was the Lord’s way of testin’ ’em, but the royal printers? They got themselves into some deep doo-doo. They was fined a mighty sum of £300 for that mistake. Back then, that was a whole heap of money. They tried to get rid of all the copies too. They burned most of ’em up right quick. But somehow, eleven copies survived. Can you believe it? Just eleven!
Now, lemme tell ya, if ya ever come across one of those rare copies today, it’ll be worth a small fortune. One of them sold for a whopping $56,250 back in 2018. That’s a pile of money, even in today’s world. But back then? I reckon folks woulda thought that was enough to buy a whole farm or two!
They didn’t just call it “Wicked Bible” though, no ma’am. Some folks called it the “Adulterous Bible,” or the “Sinners’ Bible,” because of that big ol’ error. I reckon it mighta made some folks question just what the Good Book was tryin’ to say to ’em. Not that it was the Bible’s fault, mind ya. It was just a mistake. A big ol’ error that got a lotta folks talkin’.
Now, this ain’t the only time a Bible’s gotten into trouble like this. There’s other famous Bible errors too. One’s called the “Vinegar Bible,” and it got that name ’cause of a misprint in the heading of a chapter in the Gospel of Luke. Instead of sayin’ “vineyard,” it said “vinegar.” Can you imagine? That ain’t something you wanna be readin’ when you’re lookin’ for some holy words!
But back to this Wicked Bible, folks sure tried to destroy all them copies. They didn’t want that kind of mistake spreadin’ around. Some folks even say the printers was made to go to court over it. All in all, it wasn’t the best chapter in Bible history, that’s for sure. But it does go to show, even the holiest of books ain’t immune to a mistake here and there. Just goes to prove that nobody’s perfect, no matter how hard they try!
So, if you ever find yourself holdin’ one of them ol’ Wicked Bibles, you might just want to hold onto it tight. It’s a piece of history, even if it did get folks riled up back in the day. And who knows, maybe someday it’ll be worth more than a house or two! I wouldn’t be surprised if someone even put it in a museum, right next to the other famous misprints.
But remember, folks, just ’cause a Bible’s got an error don’t mean it ain’t got a lotta wisdom in it. After all, the message is still the same, even if it took a little mix-up to get folks’ attention. Don’t go around commitin’ adultery, like that ol’ Bible tried to say, or you’ll be in a heap of trouble!
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