The Wife-hater Bible
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
An 1810 edition of the Bible gives Luke xiv, 26 as "If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother . . yea, and his own wife also" instead of "life.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “The Wife-hater Bible” mean?
An 1810 edition of the Bible gives Luke xiv, 26 as "If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother . . yea, and his own wife also" instead of "life.
Is “The Wife-hater Bible” formal or informal?
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