Appendix 7 · Bullinger commentary—not Scripture
Italic Type in the Revised Version
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ITALIC TYPE
IN THE
REVISED VERSION
The Revisers ill-advisedly decided that " all such words, now printed in italics, as are plainly implied in the Hebrew, and necessary in English, be printed in common type. "
One of the consequences of this decision is that the verb " to be " is not distinguished from the verb " to become ", so that the lessons conveyed by the Authorized Version " was " and " was " in Genesis 1: 2; 3 and 4; 9 and 10; 11 and 12, are lost. See the notes on Genesis 1: 2.
For the general uses of various types in the English Bible see Ap. 48.