单词 | printers' bible |
释义 | > as lemmasPrinters' Bible Printers' Bible n. a Bible in which ‘printers’ appears in place of ‘princes’ in Psalm 119:161 (see quot. 1658).The error is believed to occur in some variant copies of the first octavo edition (1612) of the King James Bible: see A. S. Herbert Darlow & Moule's Hist. Catal. English Bible (1968) 135. ΚΠ 1658 C. B. & W. G. in S. Crook's ΤΑ ΔΙΑΦΕΡΟΝΤΑ or Divine Characters To Rdrs sig. A2 What..befell the Holy Bible it self, printed in 8o Anno 1612 wherein (among many other faults of that Edition) in steed of those words, in the 119 Psal. Princes have persecuted me, Ex., the words in many Books of that impression, ran thus, Printers have persecuted me without a cause.] 1892 Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 15 Sept. In the ‘Printers Bible’, David, where he should say ‘The princes have persecuted me without cause,’ is made to say ‘The printers have persecuted me,’ etc. 1980 Verbatim Spring 2/2 That edition is now known as (what else?) ‘The Printer's Bible’. < as lemmas |
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