This is an ongoing list of translation errors I have found (or have been pointed out to me) in V1 of my dataset, “A Dataset for the Study of Jezebel in Late Antique Christian and Jewish Literature” at https://zenodo.org/records/21952738. If you have noticed an error, please contant me and let me know!
| Error At/Thanks | Corrected Version | Original |
| Glossa – ???GloRev2.20 (Thank you to Clare Woods) | Because you permit the woman Jezebel, that is, he addresses the figure of the overseer, who has the power of allowing, and deciding he is guilty while he is a participant through his permitting. | Because you permit the woman Jezebel, that is, he addresses the overseer, who ought to be old enough and have the power, that he should restrain and resolve for himself the thing, while he is a participant through his permitting |
| Glossa – ???GloRev2.20 (Thank you to Mina Moon Black) | I will throw her upon a bed, that is in plague, that is no good will spring for her hereafter; or “on a bed”, this is in great tribulation. | I will throw her upon a bed, that is in plague, that is no good will spring from her hereafter; or “on a bed”, this is in great tribulation. |
| Rabanus Maurus – RabMaurusComMatt1 | Because the true claim of the gospel was in three sets of fourteen in a variety of ways across time, and the sons-in-law of Joram mixed themselves with the most impious Jezebel, | Because the true claim of the gospel was to bury three heretics in a variety of ways across time, and the sons-in-law of Joram mixed themselves with the most impious Jezebel, |
| Alcuin – AlcuinComRev2.21 (Thank you to Mina Moon Black) | Therefore, one must know that the Word of God has passed from species to genus, and in this [verse] it castigates, as if in secret, the unrepentance as an unfit part of the species, [the unrepentance] that he had thundered against openly above. Insofar as one and the same species appears now criminal, now deserving, since it can be castigated in public for being negligent, and in private for being unrepentant. | Therefore we must know, because the word of God progresses from the specific to the general, and he refuted this rejected part of the specific, as from hidden unrepentance, which he had rebuked openly above. So far as when a negligent person is rebuked publicly, and an unrepentant one is not rebuked, it may appear that one and the same species many appear sometimes guilty, sometimes suitable |
| Ambrosius Autpertus – AutpertusComApocol2.24 (Thank you to Mina Moon Black) | Because the examples of the evils before are injurious things to those following through imitation, it is possible in this place to understand the single body of the harlot as divided, so that, so that by the word ‘harlot’ and ‘kings of the earth’ are understood the authors of evil, but also the inhabitants of the earth, [who are] imitators of them. | Because of the examples of the evils before are injurious things to those following through imitation, it is possible in this place to understand one body of the harlot as divided, so that, the inhabitants imitating the earth might be taught by the name of that harlot and the king of the earth the supporters of evil things. |
| John bar Penkaye – JbarPenkayeMainPoint12 (Thank you to Nicolas Bamballi) | Nestorius said: that is the one who bears the sufferings of Christ in himself, those [sufferings] which the holy one bears from the attack of that one. Against the many sophistical ones– a word about this was needed. When [the one] against him received power from the second Jezebel – Pulcheria the sister of the king. | Nestorius said: the one who bears the sufferings of Christ in himself, those which the holy one bears from the attack against him. Against the many sophistical ones, a word about this was needed. When [the one] against him received power from the second Jezebel – Pulcheria the sister of the king. |
| Isaac of Antioch – IsaacAMem18A (Thank you to Nicolas Bamballi) | And an arrow pieced [Ahab’s] heart, because the evil king heard A voice called and the battle finished, and the chariot turned back and returned And they washed the blood [from the chariot], and the dogs licked the blood His son ruled so that he might follow closely, and he established the foot which was cast down And Jehu the Sword came to him, and with the sword he cut him through The whore put makeup on her eyes, so that she might deceive Jehu with jealousy And like a second Joseph, but he was not Solomon For he was young like Joseph, who was not persuaded with adornments His old age was like Solomon, whose glory was his weakness. He lifted his eyes and he saw, Jezebel the feast for the dogs And he commanded that she be torn asunder, the limbs for the dogs of the forest Her body to be torn apart and consumed, so that there be enough for that dogs to gather She joined and she was strife, and they were tearing apart the betrayer | And an arrow pieced [Ahab’s] heart, because the evil king heard A voice called and the battle finished, and the chariot turned back and returned And they washed the blood [from the chariot], and the dogs licked the blood His son ruled so that he might follow closely, and he established the foot which was cast down And Jehu the Sword came to him, and with the sword he cut him through The whore put makeup on her eyes, so that she might deceive Jehu with jealousy And like a second Joseph, but he was not Solomon For he was young like Joseph, who not persuaded with adornments His old age was like Solomon, who had a weakness for beauty. He lifted his eyes and he saw, Jezebel the feast for the dogs And he commanded that she be torn asunder, the limbs for the dogs of the forest Her body to be torn apart and consumed, so that there be enough for that dogs to gather She joined and she was strife, and they were tearing apart the betrayer |
| Isaac of Antioch – IsaacAMem4Greed0 (Thank you to Nicolas Bamballi) | The head of the serpent, she grieved it, she filled her mouth with howling. | The head of the serpent, she grieved him, she spoke to him, a howling with her mouth. |
| Isaac of Antioch- IsaacAMem51 (Thank you to Nicolas Bamballi, Slavomír Čéplö, and Lukas Aktaş) | Further, the sinful woman wishes to alienate you from your paradise…It was not the blood of your murder, Naboth, in his head, she took up his intention…His old age was like Solomon, whose glory was his weakness. | As you [were driven] from your paradise, the sinful desire which would repudiate you…It was not the blood of your murder, Naboth, from the beginning she brought his intention in his head…His old age was like Solomon, who had a weakness for beauty. |
| Jacob of Serugh – JacSerFirMemro358 (Thank you to Nicolas Bamballi) | Jezebel and Ahab infuriated and disturbed him with their deeds, and he was eager and mighty, and lo heaven was bound by him, and earth. | Jezebel and Ahab were furious, that him alone against their servants, and he was eager and mighty, and lo heaven was bound by him, and earth. |
| Jacob of Serugh – JacSerFirMemro360a (Thank you to Nicolas Bamballi and Slavomír Čéplö) | The world converted to paganism because he transgressed the law of God, and the servant of the Lord chastised him, with zeal, so that he could stop them. Rain and dew, Elijah bore like a pledge, from humanity until she learned, what is this? Her bitterness. He wove greatly and departed prudently, so that Ahab could search out all the gods, if they [could] absolve him. The prophet placed the obstacle of strength before the gods, he who poured water on [his sacrifices], so that he might be the revelation [on their] faces. Before him, of Ahab, he grasped the door of rain and it was hidden, that the king might see who opened it and he might turn back towards him. As these things were said by Elijah, they were in that drought, which he visited upon them, those of the house of the king. The idols of Jezebel would soak [the world with] rain, if they were true, and the images of Ahab would soak [the world with] dew, if they were [true]. | The world converted to paganism because he made it putrid, transgressing the law of God, and he did that for which the Lord chastised him, with zeal, that which would harm [them]. Rain and dew, Elijah bore like a pledge, from humanity until she learned, what is this? Her bitterness. A great weaving he wove, and he departed prudently, that Ahab could search out all the gods, if they [could] absolve him. The prophet placed the obstacle of strength before the gods, he who poured water on [his sacrifices], so that he might be the revelation [on their] faces. Before him, of Ahab, he grasped the door of rain and it was hidden, that the king might see who opened it and he might turn back towards him. As long as these things which were said by Elijah, [they would remain] in that drought, which he extended against them for the house of the king. The idols of Jezebel would soak [the world with] rain, if they were true, and the images of Ahab would soak [the world with] dew, if they were [true]. |
| Dub. Gregory Nanz. GregoryOnMarti35.3 (Thank you to Kiran Mansukhani) | The chorus was the base of operations of the devil. From there, he appointed his army to himself, and he established his own champions for him. From there, the host of liars, the front-line of fraud, the expedition of demons, legions of impure spirits. But if it necessary to even speak of those heathen/foreign names, then the wicked host of vicious demons (according to the church) celebrates. For thus, I come forward to name the women, who played the man beyond nature for the purpose of evil. One was Jezebel, in the days of Elijah. She was murderous against the prophets of the Lord, and god-breathed history records her, as I think, with the memory of an unbridled woman, so that the life that she lead after these things might educate us. Now these women are like that Jezebel, just like some hemlock, they budded quickly from the land, they conquered the woman remembered with extraordinary bitterness. But if you do not believe the story, inspect history. That woman gifted the vineyard of Naboth to her unbridled Ahab, so that he might make a garden of the vineyard, the ornament of luxury, feminine wantonness. | The chorus was the base of operations of the devil. From there, he appointed his army to himself, and he established his own champions for him. From there, the host of liars, the front-line of fraud, the expedition of demons, the ones speaking the things of impure spirits. But if it is useful to say even the name of those outside, from there the wicked host of vicious demons (according to the church) revels. For thus, I come forward to name the women, who play the man beyond nature for evil. One was Jezebel, in the days of Elijah. She was murderous against the prophets of the Lord, and god-breathed history records her, as I think, the memory of an unbridled woman, so that the life that she lead might teach us about things. Now these women are like that Jezebel, just like some hemlock, they budded quickly from the land, they conquered the memory with extraordinary bitterness. But if you do not believe the story, inspect history. That woman gifted the vineyard of Naboth to her unbridled Ahab, so that he might make a garden of the vineyard, the ornament of luxury, feminine wantonness. |
| Daniel of Salah – DanielComPs56 (thank you to Lukas Aktaş) | Through sicknesses and afflictions, bright revelations were dawning upon the prophets. And especially when they did not complain while they were tormented. | Concerning sicknesses and afflictions, which we were dawning upon the brightly manifesting prophets. And abundantly, at all time, they do not complain about that which they were tormented. |