Book excerpt: This entertaining and informative book explains everyday expressions and curious words and their origin in the KJV. The text gives details on the original meanings and when and where they were used in the Bible. Gives the fascinating and often humorous stories behind hundreds of contemporary phrases and expressions, including such sayings as "the blind leading the blind," "by the skin of my teeth," "a fly in the ointment," and many others that will surprise people with their biblical origin. Over 1,000 entries Comprehensive index lists more than 2,500 additional key words and phrases A great resource for Bible word studies Ideal gift for students of Shakespearean and English literature, Bible students, writers, word lovers, and anyone doing studies of KJV OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE: King James New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible ISBN: 0-7852-4723-8 King James Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words ISBN: 0-7852-4720-3 King James Bible Commentary ISBN: 0-7852-4601-0 King James Reference Set ISBN: 0-7852-4717-3