It’s ‘Thou shalt commit adultery’,according to one ill-fated edition. Misprints and mistranslations are the source of much babble in the good book
“The things that you’re liable to read in the Bible, it aint necessarily so”. So sings Sportin Life, and a shady character in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. He could’ve been talking approximately the edition brought out by Robert Barker and Martin Lucas in 1631,which contained typos so egregious they ruined Barker’s life. He was stripped of his printing licence, fined and died behind bars 15 years later. [br] Related: Extremely scarce Wicked Bible goes on sale Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com