Thank the Lord — and the proofreaders at Peachtree Editorial and Proofreading — that the Bible refers to "our ancestors" instead of "sour
ancestors," and calls for an end to "factions" — not "fractions." The proofreading service caught those typos and others before the latest
edition of the Holy Book went to press.
At Peachtree, attention to detail is more than a job description. It's a calling.
"Bible readers are less forgiving of errors because they expect perfection in the Bible text," said June Gunden, who founded the business along with
her husband, Doug.
Peachtree Editorial and Proofreading Service is believed to be the only one of its kind in the nation — and one of only a few in the world — to
specialize in proofreading Bibles.
"As many words as there are in the Bible, you can imagine all the kinds of things that could go wrong," said David R. Shepherd, publisher of the
Holman Christian Standard Bible. "It would be devastating to have a typo in the wrong place or a word left out."
A list hangs in the Gundens' office as a reminder of just how much rides on their work. The list, a collection of notorious typos found in the Bible,
features one prominent error from a 1631 King James edition: "Thou shalt commit adultery."
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"Thou shalt commit adultery" is just priceless. So how many times have things been changed before they had individuals that were experts in proof
reading? It was copied over and over again by hand and translated over and over again for centuries.
