Funny Bible Versions

Breeches Bible, Geneva Bible
Genesis 3:7 says that Adam and Eve "sowed figge-tree leaves together and made themselves breeches"

Bug Bible, Coverdale Bible
Psalm 91:5 reads "Thou shalt not need to be afrayd for eny bugges by night"

Discharge Bible
An 1806 edition in which 1Timothy 5:21 says, "I discharge theee... that thou observe these things", instead of "I charge thee"

Ears to Ear Bible
An edition of 1810, where Matt 13:43 reads, "Who hath ears to ear, let him hear"

Idle Shepherd
An 1809 edition in which the "idol shepherd" of Zechariah 11:17 becomes "the idle shephard"

Murderers Bible
An 1801 edition where Jude 16 reads "These are murderers, complainers...", instead of "murmurers"

Placemakers Bible
The 1562 second edition of the Geneva Bible, where Matt 5:9 reads "Blessed are the pacemakers"

Printers' Bible
An early eighteenth century edition where Psalm 119:161 says, "printers have persecuted me without a cause", instead of "princes"

Standing Fishes Bible
An edition of 1806 where Ezekiel 47:10 has "And it shall come to pass that the fishes shall stand on it" instead of "fishers"

To Remain Bible
A bible printed in Cambridge in 1805. A proofreader queried a comma and the editor pencilled in "to remain"; as a result Galations 4:29 read, "he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the spirit to remain, even so it is now"

Treacle Bible, Bishops Bible
Uses "tryacle" for "balm", as in Jeremiah 8:22, "Is there no tryacle in Gilead?"

Unrighteous Bible
A Cambridge edition of 1653. In 1 Corinth 6:9 the word "not" was omitted, leacing "the unrighteous shall inherit the kingdom of god" and Romans 6:13 read "Neither yield ye your members as instruments of righteousness unto sin", instead of "unrighteousness"

Vinegar Bible
An Oxford edition printed in 1717 where the heading in Luke 20 reads "Parable of the Vinegar" instead of "Vineyard"

Wicked Bible, Adulterous Bible
An edition of 1632 in which the word "not" was omitted from the seventh commandment. (Ex. 20:14)

Wide-hater Bible
An 1810 edition where Luke 14:26 says "If any man come to me, and hates not his father... and his own wife also", instead of "his own life".