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Oops! Printing errors in the original KJV

(RNS) In the days before spell check, printer errors occasionally crept
into the King James Version of the Bible. Here are some of the most
notable:

-- In a 1612 edition, Psalm 119:161 read "Printers have persecuted
me without cause," instead of "princes." Perhaps a Freudian slip by the
copy editor.

-- A 1631 edition now called the "Wicked Bible" had Exodus 20:14 as
"Thou shall commit adultery." The printers were heavily fined for this
lascivious mistake.