KJV Printing Errors
We believe in the absolute authority of the Holy Scriptures. We believe the original manuscripts were given by inspiration of God and were without error. We believe the God who gave His word to man has taken upon Himself the responsibility for its preservation (Psalms 12:6-7). We believe the incorruptible word of God which cannot pass away is available to the English speaking world in the Authorized (King James) Version. This Bible is our final authority in all matters.
— from the Doctrinal Statement of THE BIBLE Baptist Church
The Authorized (King James) Version is the incorruptible word of God. With that said, occasionally printing or binding errors find their way into a particular publisher’s edition of The Bible. What we are referring to here are unintentional errors – NOT intentional word changes. These are errors that the publishers either already have corrected or, we trust, will correct in subsequent printings. Also included here are things like page numbering and other errors that are not a direct part of God’s word.
For this project, we take no position on which edition (Cambridge, Nelson, Zondervan, etc.) of the Authorized (King James) Version is the “true” KJV or whether one is superior to another. This is only about unintentional printing errors. Questions about whether something is intentional or unintentional will be decided on a case-by-case basis with an explanation (if needed) included in the report.
Our purpose here is to provide: 1) a central location to report unintentional printing errors, 2) a way for Bible publishers to learn of their printing errors, 3) a way for people to check and manually correct any such errors in their own Bibles.
Reporting a Printing Error
If you find what you believe is an unintentional printing error, please contact us. We will coordinate with you to get a scanned image of the entire page with the printing error to us along with the name of the Bible publisher, printing date if available, and any other information available, such as “large print” or “wide margin”, etc.