Mosiah 27:28 Textual Variants

Here the 1830 typesetter misread wadeing in 𝓟 as wandering. The visual similarity as well as the semantic plausibility of either reading contributed to this error. In accord with the reading of the printer’s manuscript, the 1908 RLDS edition and the 1981 LDS edition restored the original wading. Clearly, either wading or wandering will work, but it is worth noting that the only other passage with similar language uses the verb wade:

• Alma 8:14
  • and it came to pass that while he was journeying thither being weighed down with sorrow wading through much tribulation and anguish of soul because of the wickedness of the people …