ccat-kjv-apocrypha-collation

14 July 2023 index-topical-hb

Early in the history of the internet, one of the first appearances of the KJV was a text associated with Robert Kraft and the University of Pennsylvania's CCAT program. Keying the entire KJV into a computer is no small task, and consequently it is not too strange that webmasters around the world have simply copied it over and over. In the process, they've reproduced its hundreds of erroneous readings far and wide.

Today, there exist some much better proofread KJV texts, but for the most part online KJV texts tend not to include the Apocrypha. In particular, Matthew Verschuur's KJV text is quite good -- even if it's not quite as perfect as he might claim. It is the result of repeated and painstaking comparisons between various electronic and physical KJV editions, and it aims to reproduce the sort of text that Cambridge produced for approximately the first half of the twentieth century, or perhaps two or three decades longer.

There may exist some similarly-well proofread edition of the Apocrypha online, though if it does exist I have not found it. In order to produce an Apocrypha edition analogous to Verschuur's Old and New Testament texts, I have electronically compared the content's of Kraft's text with the text of a 1900 Pitt Brevier edition from Cambridge.

This text I found here:

https://archive.org/details/holybiblecontain0000unse_z7h7/page/n5/mode/2up

The folks at archive.org have helpfully provided OCR for the text. It was that OCR text which I compared to Kraft's text, and after correcting the texts I believe I've isolated all or nearly all the differences between the two.

Due to another project I've been working on, I then took every place where Kraft and the Pitt Brevier text differed, and checked them against two Oxford printings, from 1769 and 1772.

Below is a chart showing every difference between the two, with an asterisk denoting the reading followed by the 1769 and 1772 printings. (I have so far never seen a difference in the Apocrypha text between the 1769 and 1772 texts, so the asterisk in every case indicates that I have checked and they both agree at every asterisked point.)

Passage Kraft Pitt Brevier Additional Notes
1 Esd. 1:23 or Josias of Josias *
1 Esd. 1:40 into Babylon * unto Babylon
1 Esd. 1:42 uncleaness uncleanness *
1 Esd. 1:48 his heart and his heart *
1 Esd. 2:6 [No parentheses] * [Parentheses]
1 Esd. 2:16 Artexerxes Artaxerxes *
1 Esd. 2:16 Persians Belemus * Persians, Belemus
1 Esd. 2:17 Artexerxes Artaxerxes *
1 Esd. 2:18 lord king lord the king *
1 Esd. 2:18 are up are come up *
1 Esd. 2:18 [No parentheses] * [Parentheses]
1 Esd. 2:18 of it of it, *
1 Esd. 2:21 pleasure pleasure, *
1 Esd. 2:29 kings, kings. *
1 Esd. 2:30 Artexerxes Artaxerxes *
1 Esd. 4:2 strength strength, *
1 Esd. 4:4 mountains mountains, *
1 Esd. 4:4 walls walls, *
1 Esd. 4:6 husbundry husbandry *
1 Esd. 4:11 watch * [watch] *
1 Esd. 4:21 wife. wife, *
1 Esd. 4:36 crieth calleth *
1 Esd. 4:38 alwaYs always *
1 Esd. 4:52 [No parentheses] * [Parentheses]
1 Esd. 4:54 concerning. concerning *
1 Esd. 5:2 [instruments] [instruments], *
1 Esd. 5:5 Salathiel, Salathiel *
1 Esd. 5:5 Phares, * Phares
1 Esd. 5:8 Mardocheus. Mardocheus, *
1 Esd. 5:12 Zathul Zathui *
1 Esd. 5:15 Azetas Azetas, *
1 Esd. 5:20 Ammidoi * Ammidioi
1 Esd. 5:23 Annas Annaas *
1 Esd. 5:24 Jesus Jesus, *
1 Esd. 5:31 Azare Azara *
1 Esd. 5:33 Israel Isdael *
1 Esd. 5:34 Pharacareth Phacareth *
1 Esd. 5:38 Barzelus Berzelus *
1 Esd. 5:48 priests priests, *
1 Esd. 5:55 Zidon * Sidon
1 Esd. 5:55 Joppa Joppe *
1 Esd. 6:1 Darius * Darius,
1 Esd. 6:2 Salatiel Salathiel *
1 Esd. 6:8 Jerusalem we Jerusalem, we *
1 Esd. 6:8 captivity * captivity,
1 Esd. 6:17 Babylon * Babylon,
1 Esd. 6:23 Ecbatane Ecbatana *
1 Esd. 6:24 of Cyrus * of Cyrus,
1 Esd. 6:25 be sixty cubits be sixty cubits, *
1 Esd. 6:25 expences * expenses
1 Esd. 7:1 companions companions, *
1 Esd. 7:4 Artexerxes Artaxerxes *
1 Esd. 7:5 Persians Persians. *
1 Esd. 7:7 bullocks bullocks, *
1 Esd. 7:9 service * services
1 Esd. 8:1 Artexerxes Artaxerxes *
1 Esd. 8:1 reigned reigned, *
1 Esd. 8:2 Meremoth * Memeroth
1 Esd. 8:5 priest of priests, of *
1 Esd. 8:6 Artexerxes Artaxerxes *
1 Esd. 8:8 Artexerxes Artaxerxes *
1 Esd. 8:10 Levites Levites, *
1 Esd. 8:10 desirous desirous, *
1 Esd. 8:11 counsellors counsellers *
1 Esd. 8:19 Artexerxes Artaxerxes *
1 Esd. 8:26 counsellors counsellers *
1 Esd. 8:28 Artexerxes Artaxerxes *
1 Esd. 8:39 Adonikam * Adonikam,
1 Esd. 8:39 JeWel Jeuel *
1 Esd. 8:44 Joribas * Joribus
1 Esd. 8:48 Annus Annuus *
1 Esd. 8:49 Levites Levites, *
1 Esd. 8:49 temple two temple, two *
1 Esd. 8:67 stewards' stewards *
1 Esd. 8:69 Gentiles Gentiles' *
1 Esd. 8:86 sins; sins: *
1 Esd. 8:95 Arise Arise, *
1 Esd. 9:4 days days, *
1 Esd. 9:18 found: found; *
1 Esd. 9:19 Matthelas Matthelas, *
1 Esd. 9:19 Joribus Joribus, *
1 Esd. 9:20 wives wives, *
1 Esd. 9:22 Massias Israel Massias, Ismael *
1 Esd. 9:22 Ocidelus Ocidelus, *
1 Esd. 9:29 Babai Bebai *
1 Esd. 9:29 Ananias Ananias, *
1 Esd. 9:32 Elionas Elionas, *
1 Esd. 9:33 Baanaia Bannaia *
1 Esd. 9:33 Eliphalet Eliphalat *
1 Esd. 9:40 hear law hear the law *
1 Esd. 9:41 the multitude all the multitude *
1 Esd. 9:48 Asrias Azarias *
1 Esd. 9:49 priest. priest *
2 Esd. 1:1 the sou of Sadoc the son of Sadoc *
2 Esd. 1:2 And he spake unto the of Borith Arna, the son of Ozias, the son of Borith *
2 Esd. 1:3 Artexerxes Artaxerxes *
2 Esd. 1:9 into unto *
2 Esd. 1:13 sea sea, *
2 Esd. 1:15 token to * token for
2 Esd. 1:31 feastdays feast-days *
2 Esd. 1:34 an evil evil *
2 Esd. 1:38 come * cometh
2 Esd. 2:1 menservants my servants *
2 Esd. 2:18 Esau Esay *
2 Esd. 2:24 quietness still quietness shall *
2 Esd. 2:37 led called *
2 Esd. 3:6 leadest leddest *
2 Esd. 3:17 leadest leddest *
2 Esd. 3:34 their's * theirs
2 Esd. 3:34 dwell the world dwell in the world *
2 Esd. 4:2 to far too far *
2 Esd. 4:11 outwardly corrupted outwardly corrupted, *
2 Esd. 4:14 sea sea, *
2 Esd. 4:37 measured the times; measured the times, *
2 Esd. 4:48 happened happened, *
2 Esd. 5:1 as coming as concerning *
2 Esd. 5:13 even days seven days *
2 Esd. 5:27 people peoples *
2 Esd. 5:36 dross drops *
2 Esd. 5:41 that be now * [that be now] *
2 Esd. 5:52 are unto are not *
2 Esd. 5:53 the the the *
2 Esd. 6:23 tha the *
2 Esd. 6:33 comfort comfort, *
2 Esd. 6:33 not not. *
2 Esd. 6:42 pats parts *
2 Esd. 6:47 gathered gathered, *
2 Esd. 6:50 part, namely * part (namely *
2 Esd. 6:50 together, * together)
2 Esd. 6:55 sakes sakes. *
2 Esd. 6:58 people, whom * people (whom
2 Esd. 6:58 lover, * lover)
2 Esd. 7:12 perils,: perils, *
2 Esd. 7:19 me. me, *
2 Esd. 7:24 covenants; * covenants:
2 Esd. 7:31 corrupt corrupt. *
2 Esd. 7:41 ungodly: * ungodly;
2 Esd. 8:20 everlastingness everlastingness, *
2 Esd. 8:22 Whose * (Whose
2 Esd. 8:22 fire; * fire,
2 Esd. 8:30 always alway *
2 Esd. 8:35 them is there is *
2 Esd. 8:45 us us, *
2 Esd. 8:46 to cometh to come *
2 Esd. 8:59 shalt shall *
2 Esd. 9:6 wonder wonders *
2 Esd. 9:11 loathed lothed *
2 Esd. 9:13 enquire * inquire
2 Esd. 9:17 ls is *
2 Esd. 9:30 spakest spakest, *
2 Esd. 9:34 ls is *
2 Esd. 9:36 it it. *
2 Esd. 9:43 years, years. *
2 Esd. 9:44 my, my *
2 Esd. 10:3 night night, *
2 Esd. 10:20 counselled. counselled *
2 Esd. 10:25 pass pass, *
2 Esd. 10:29 words words, *
2 Esd. 10:44 sawest sawest, *
2 Esd. 10:46 city city, *
2 Esd. 10:48 fail fall *
2 Esd. 10:59 the earth earth *
2 Esd. 11:13 up. up, *
2 Esd. 11:25 themselves themselves, *
2 Esd. 11:36 head heard *
2 Esd. 11:37 lo, lo *
2 Esd. 11:45 feathers feathers, *
2 Esd. 12:2 it it, *
2 Esd. 12:2 fill full *
2 Esd. 12:3 burnt burnt, *
2 Esd. 12:5 afflicted affrighted *
2 Esd. 12:17 heads heads, *
2 Esd. 12:18 failing falling *
2 Esd. 12:34 pressed preserved *
2 Esd. 12:34 the the the *
2 Esd. 12:51 herbs herbs. *
2 Esd. 13:5 sea sea. *
2 Esd. 13:12 saw I I saw *
2 Esd. 13:12 Multitude multitude *
2 Esd. 13:13 and some some *
2 Esd. 13:16 days days! *
2 Esd. 13:38 me fire *
2 Esd. 13:43 places passages *
2 Esd. 13:46 time; * time:
2 Esd. 13:52 day time * daytime
2 Esd. 13:57 wonders wonders, *
2 Esd. 14:2 Lord Lord. *
2 Esd. 14:4 sent him sent him, *
2 Esd. 14:4 of where of Sinai, where *
2 Esd. 14:18 time truth *
2 Esd. 14:21 work works *
2 Esd. 14:34 alive alive, *
2 Esd. 14:43 me. me, *
2 Esd. 14:45 filled fulfilled *
2 Esd. 15:15 and fight to fight *
2 Esd. 15:27 earth earth, *
2 Esd. 15:32 troubled bled troubled *
2 Esd. 15:40 puffed lifted *
2 Esd. 15:47 always alway *
2 Esd. 15:47 thee. thee! *
2 Esd. 15:50 Power power *
2 Esd. 15:50 the heat when the heat *
2 Esd. 15:56 mischief mischief. *
2 Esd. 16:1 Egypt Egypt, *
2 Esd. 16:8 plagues plagues, *
2 Esd. 16:20 always alway *
2 Esd. 16:24 it it. *
2 Esd. 16:29 of Olvies of olives *
2 Esd. 16:35 things things, *
2 Esd. 16:36 Behold, Behold *
2 Esd. 16:38 with two within two *
2 Esd. 16:40 thy battle the battle *
2 Esd. 16:45 labour labour * labour, labour
2 Esd. 16:62 Yea Yea, *
2 Esd. 16:75 afraid afraid, *
2 Esd. 16:77 iniquities iniquities, *
Tob. 1:3 ways way *
Tob. 1:4 Israel being Israel, being *
Tob. 1:10 came in * came into
Tob. 1:18 for * (for
Tob. 2:9 polluted polluted, *
Tob. 2:10 came in mine eyes: came into mine eyes; *
Tob. 3:3 mg fathers my fathers *
Tob. 3:10 Whe When *
Tob. 3:12 I set I mine I set mine *
Tob. 4:2 Tobias Tobias, *
Tob. 4:4 womb: womb; *
Tob. 4:8 abundance abundance, *
Tob. 4:10 suffereth * suffer
Tob. 4:16 give alms: give alms; *
Tob. 4:20 they they, *
Tob. 5:8 Go and Go, and *
Tob. 5:13 enquired * inquired
Tob. 5:16 all things far all things for *
Tob. 5:18 to add * [to add]
Tob. 5:19 with * with,
Tob. 6:6 gal gall *
Tob. 6:13 Azarias Azarias, *
Tob. 6:14 lest if lest, if *
Tob. 6:14 come unto her; come unto her: *
Tob. 6:14 life because * life, because
Tob. 6:14 me to * me, to
Tob. 7:11 te seven to seven *
Tob. 8:7 lush lust, *
Tob. 8:12 Edna. Edna, *
Tob. 8:17 praised praised, *
Tob. 10:4 wail bewail *
Tob. 10:12 where are wherefore *
Tob. 11:11 fathers' father's *
Tob. 11:17 Tobias Tobit *
Tob. 12:5 brought brought, *
Tob. 13:16 sapphires sapphires, *
Tob. 14:3 very aged very aged, *
Tob. 14:3 the sons the six sons *
Tob. 14:4 into Media into Media, *
Jud. 1:3 of it of it, *
Jud. 1:6 Tigris Tigris, *
Jud. 1:9 Chelus Chellus *
Jud. 1:16 nations nations, *
Jud. 2:1 Assyrians Assyrians, *
Jud. 2:4 said unto him. said unto him, *
Jud. 2:7 unto that unto them, that *
Jud. 2:7 against them against them, *
Jud. 2:8 brooks brooks, *
Jud. 2:10 forth. and forth, and *
Jud. 2:14 ail all *
Jud. 2:20 sundry of sundry *
Jud. 2:22 horsemen horsemen, *
Jud. 2:23 Israel Ismael *
Jud. 3:3 tents tents, *
Jud. 4:4 villages villages, *
Jud. 4:7 straight strait *
Jud. 4:10 wives wives, *
Jud. 4:11 women woman *
Jud. 5:1 high hills high hills, *
Jud. 5:4 west west? *
Jud. 5:18 their's * theirs
Jud. 5:20 against this in this *
Jud. 5:23 battle battle. *
Jud. 6:2 against us among us *
Jud. 6:9 they shall be they shall not be *
Jud. 6:14 to Bethuliah into Bethuliah *
Jud. 6:18 God. saying God, saying *
Jud. 7:3 Cynamon Cyamon *
Jud. 7:3 Esdraelon Esdraelom *
Jud. 7:14 fire famine *
Jud. 7:18 east east, *
Jud. 7:20 inhibitants inhabitants *
Jud. 8:1 Ozel Oziel *
Jud. 8:1 Salasdal Salasdai 1769 and 1772 read "Salasdi"

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