American Bible Society Committee on Versions Report on the History and Recent Collation

Annotation

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In respect to the accessories of the text, comprehending the contents of the chapters, the running heads of the columns, the marginal readings and references, and the chronology, the Bibles of the present day are much less conformed to the original edition. The translators, as we have seen, were to append no marginal notes at all, but only for the explanation of the Hebrew or Greek words; and also fit references Of one Scripture to another. To this requirement the early editions were entirely conformed; and the marginal references were very few. In the lapse of time, however, extensive changes and additions have been made in most of the above particulars. The contents of the chapters only have been preserved in the editions of larger size, without very great variation while in copies of a smaller form, these likewise have been frequently and variously altered and abbreviated.