Let's introduce a little humor into this discussion to lighten things up a bit. These mistakes were all part of the 1611 version:
In the KJV, the seventh commandment was slightly altered. The word “not” was
accidentally omitted. With this oversight, the KJV read, “You shall commit
adultery.” Not sure how many copies were circulated before this omission was
noticed. I do know this, after this error was duly noted, and corrected I
might add, scoffers labeled this edition the “Wicked Bible.”
In the garden of Gethsemane, the first KJV had “Judas” going there to pray,
not Jesus.
When John in Revelation 21:1 saw the new heaven and earth, he described it
as having “no more sea.” The KJV, in an early edition, once again omitted a
word (no). Hence, in this version’s rendition of the new heaven and earth,
there was actually ‘more sea.’
Here’s a good one. In 1 Corinthians 6:9, it’s not the ‘righteous’ who
inherit the kingdom, it’s the “unrighteous.” Not so sure I don’t like that
better!
John 5:14 is a close second for the funniest. After Jesus heals the
paralytic man, he admonishes him to “sin no more.” However, two letters
where reversed in this KJV. Can you guess which two? Yup! If the printer was
right, that man was asked to sin ‘on’ more! Must have been the same person
who worked on the Commandments.
Psalm 119:161 was goofed. But in this case, we can see why. Here is that
verse as it should have appeared:
Princes persecute me without a cause,
But my heart stands in awe of Your word.
Notice how the printers subliminally personalize it, albeit by mistake. Here
is how it appeared in that KJV:
Printers persecute me without a cause,
But my heart stands in awe of Your word.
In Luke, you recall when Jesus told Peter that he would deny Him three
times. Nope, It was Philip, as far as the KJV printers could tell. At least
both names start with a P.
Although a rather obscure passage, the mistake in Ezekiel 47:10 should have
been caught (get it?). In this verse, the fisherman stand (that’s the
correct wording), but according to the KJV, the fish stand. That would be
quite a feat.
This last one I mention is found in the section of Scripture from which I
chose the name for my daughter. The KJV got all the words right, they just
put two in the wrong order. As we can see they switched them. Here is how it
should have appeared:
“Then Rebekah and her damsels arose, and they rode on the camels and
followed the man.”
Now, I close with this final error. This is how it actually appeared in the
KJV. Talk about a damsel in distress!
“Then Rebekah and her camels arose, and they rode on the damsels and
followed the man.”
How in the world can anyone make a misteak like that?
