Wicked Bible
The Wicked Bible, sometimes called the Adulterous Bible or the Sinners' Bible, is an edition of the Bible published in 1631 by Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, the royal printers in London, meant to be a reprint of the King James Bible. The name is derived from a mistake made by the compositors: in the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:14, the word "not" was omitted from the sentence, "Thou shalt not commit adultery," causing the verse to instead read, "Thou shalt commit adultery."
An edition of the Wicked Bible | |
| Original title | The Holy Bible |
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| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Robert Barker and Martin Lucas |
Publication date | 1631 |
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