Rogue Bibles

• The Wicked Bible 1631 Thou shalt commit adultery [Exodus 20:14]
• The Fool’s Bible 1634? The fool hath said in his heart there is a God [Psalm 14:1]
• The Unrighteous Bible 1653 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall inherit the Kingdom of God? (Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?) [I Corinthians 6:9] Neither yield ye your members as instruments of righteousness unto sin. (Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto) [Romans 6:13]
• The Judas Bible 1614 Then cometh Judas with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. [Matthew 26:36]
• The Sinners’ Bible 1716 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin on more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. [John 5:14]
• The Vinegar Bible 1717 The Parable of the Vinegar [chapter heading for Luke 13:6-9]
• The Forgotten Sins Bible 1638 Her sins, which are many, are forgotten [Luke 7:47]
• The Bishops’ Bible Third edition 1572 The incipits were elaborate decorations, left over from a printing of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The beginning of Hebrews was illustrated with the seduction of Leda Zeus disguised as a swan.
• The Camel’s Bible 1823 And Rebekah arose, and her camels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man [Genesis 24:61 damsels]
• The Standing Fishes Bible 1806 And it shall come to pass that the fishes shall stand upon it. [Ezekiel 47:10 'fishers']
• The Placemaker’s Bible (Geneva Bible, second edition) 1562 Blessed are the placemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. [Matthew 5:9]
• The Bug Bibles 1535 (Miles Coverdale) and 1537 (Thomas Matthews) Thou shalt not nede to be afrayed for eny bugges by night [Psalm 91:5]
• The Printer’s Bible 1702 Printers have persecuted me without a cause (Psalm 119:161)
• The Breeches Bible (Geneva Bible) 1560 they sewed fig tree leaves together, and made themselves breeches [Genesis 3:7]