Other witnesses to PCE renderings

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Here are some of the resources that the editor of the Pure Cambridge Edition would have had available circa 1900, besides the internal history of editions of the King James Bible. The following indicates whether the PCE reading is in the Geneva Version (G), Bishops' Version (B), 1611 Edition (1611), Scrivener's Edition (S) or the Revised Version (RV).

Reference — Impure rendering — Pure Cambridge Edition
Genesis 10:7 — Sabtechah — Sabtecha B, 1611, S
Genesis 25:4 — Abidah S — Abida G, B, 1611, RV
Genesis 41:56 — and Joseph B, 1611, S, RV — And Joseph
Genesis 46:12 — Zarah — Zerah G, 1611, S, RV
Exodus 23:23 — the Hivites G, 1611, S, RV — and the Hivites
Deuteronomy 32:8 — Most RV — most G, B, 1611, S
Joshua 10:1 — Adoni-zedec B — Adoni-zedek G, 1611, S, RV
Joshua 13:18 — Jahaza — Jahazah G, B, 1611, S
Joshua 19:2 — and Sheba G — or Sheba 1611, S, RV
Joshua 19:19 — Haphraim — Hapharaim G, B, 1611, S, RV
Joshua 19:19 — Shihon — Shion G, 1611, S, RV
1 Samuel 2:13 — priest’s custom — priests’ custom S
1 Samuel 31:2 — Melchi-shua — Malchi-shua G, 1611, S, RV
2 Samuel 5:14 — Shammuah — Shammua G, 1611, S, RV
2 Samuel 21:21 — Shimeah — Shimea 1611, S
2 Samuel 23:37 — Nahari — Naharai G, B, 1611, S, RV
2 Kings 19:26 — house tops 1611, S — housetops G, RV
1 Chronicles 1:38 — Ezar — Ezer G, B, 1611, S, RV
1 Chronicles 2:47 — Gesham — Geshan G, 1611, S, RV
1 Chronicles 2:49 — Achsa B — Achsah G, 1611, S, RV
1 Chronicles 5:11 — Salcah — Salchah G, 1611, S
1 Chronicles 7:1 — Shimrom — Shimron G, 1611, S, RV
1 Chronicles 7:19 — Shemidah — Shemida G, 1611, S, RV
1 Chronicles 7:27 — Jehoshuah — Jehoshua G, 1611, S
1 Chronicles 14:10 — And wilt — and wilt G, B, 1611, S, RV
1 Chronicles 23:20 — Micah RV — Michah G, 1611, S
1 Chronicles 24:11 — Jeshuah — Jeshua G, 1611, S, RV
2 Chronicles 20:36 — Ezion-gaber G, B, S — Ezion-geber 1611, RV
2 Chronicles 33:19 — sins B — sin G, 1611, S, RV
2 Chronicles 35:20 — Charchemish — Carchemish G, 1611, S, RV
Ezra 2:2 — Mizpar S — Mispar G, B, 1611, RV
Ezra 2:26 — Gaba G, 1611, S — Geba B, RV
Ezra 4:10 — Asnapper — Asnappar G, B, 1611, S
Nehemiah 7:30 — Gaba G — Geba B, 1611, S, RV
Job 30:6 — cliffs — clifts 1611, S
Psalm 107:27 — wit’s S — wits’ RV
Psalm 148:8 — vapours G, B — vapour 1611, S, RV
Song of Sol. 6:12 — Ammi-nadib S — Amminadib
Isaiah 37:27 — house tops G, B, 1611 — housetops S, RV
Jeremiah 32:5 — prosper. G, B, 1611, S — prosper? RV
Jeremiah 34:16 — whom he had set — whom ye had set G, B, 1611, S, RV
Amos 2:2 — Kirioth — Kerioth G, 1611, S, RV
Nahum 3:16 — fleeth B — flieth G, 1611, S, RV
Matthew 26:39 — farther B — further G, 1611, S
Matthew 27:46 — ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI S — Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani G, B, 1611, RV
Mark 2:1 — Capernaum after 1611, S, RV — Capernaum, after
Mark 5:41 — TALITHA CUMI S — Talitha cumi G, B, 1611, RV
Mark 7:34 — EPHPHATHA S — Ephphatha G, B, 1611, RV
Acts 11:28 — Spirit G, RV — spirit B, 1611, S
Romans 4:19 — Sarah’s RV — Sara’s S
Romans 9:9 — Sarah RV — Sara G, B, 1611, S
1 Corinthians 4:15 — instructers — instructors 1611, S
1 John 5:8 — Spirit 1611, S, RV — spirit G, B
Revelation 2:6 — Nicolaitanes G — Nicolaitans B, 1611, S, RV
Revelation 21:20 — chrysolyte — chrysolite G, B, 1611, S, RV

Overall, the weight does favour the PCE, most especially the 1611.

The most "minority" renderings of the PCE are listed as follows. None of these "minority" PCE renderings are without attestation.

Genesis 41:56 — And Joseph
Has the agreement of many 1769-following editions: common current KJB attestation.

Exodus 23:23 — and the Hivites
1612 Quartros, 1616, 1629, etc., (not Oxfords after 1817); common historical KJB attestation.

Ezra 2:26 — Geba
Bishops' and probably all modern versions; very old and universal modernist attestation.

Song of Sol. 6:12 — Amminadib
Found in old Cambridge editions following the 1769 Edition; recent traditional attestation.

Jeremiah 32:5 — prosper?
Found in modern Oxford editions; recent traditional attestation.

Mark 2:1 — Capernaum, after
Found in old Cambridge editions following the 1769 edition; recent traditional attestation.

1 John 5:8 — spirit
Usual from 1769, Oxford turned to "Spirit" in the late 1800s; common historical attestation.

There are differing reasons for the correctness of each of the various cases listed above. However, overall, the common reason why they are all correct is because they are together in an edition which is shown to be correct at every place. Even if a very full explanation could not be made for some of the points, if the PCE is accepted as correct at every other place, must be correct at these places also.

1 John 5:8

Wycliffe — 1380 — spirit
Tyndale — 1534 — sprete
Great — 1539 — sprete
Geneva — 1557 — sprite
Geneva (another) — spirit
Rheims — 1582 — spirit
Bishops — spirite
AV — 1611, Oxford, Concord Cambridge — Spirit
AV — 1629, 1638, 1769, PCE — spirit