11 Movie Mistakes Only Smug Nerds Would Ever Notice

3. Jules' Iconic Bible Reference Is A (Self-Serving) Misquote

God probably isn't the best person to misquote, given his apparently unending pool of plagues he can draw from, and the perpetually bubbling ocean of wrath just under his sruface, but Quentin Tarantino hasn't ever been known to stand off even the most impossible of challenges (aside from actually delivering any of the sequels, spin-offs and prequels he inevitably talks up whenever he has a new film out.)

In Pulp Fiction, Tarantino builds one memorable scene on some infamous scripture, allowing hitman Jules Winnfield to shout his way to bloody vengeance against a small band of the enemies of Marcellus Wallace.

His tirade, which has probably inspired a million sloganed T-Shirts reads thusly:

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you."

But as Bible nerds (and they must exist) will inevitably point out, the real Ezekiel 25:17, which Jules claims to quote, is in fact far simpler, and far less apocalyptic, even though the context in the text is quite similarly vengeful:

"And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them."